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package java.util.spi;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * This abstract class should be extended by service providers that provide
 * localized currency symbols (currency names) from currency codes.
 * Note that Android does not support user-supplied locale service providers.
 * @since 1.6
 * @hide
 */
public abstract class CurrencyNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
    /**
     * Default constructor, for use by subclasses.
     */
    protected CurrencyNameProvider() {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Returns the localized currency symbol for the given currency code.
     *
     * @param code an ISO 4217 currency code
     * @param locale a locale
     * @return the symbol or null if there is no available symbol in the locale
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if {@code code == null || locale == null}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if code or locale is not in a legal format or not available
     */
    public abstract String getSymbol(String code, Locale locale);
}