Module java.base
Package java.text.spi

## Class CollatorProvider

- java.lang.Object
- - java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
  - - java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

-     public abstract class CollatorProvider
      extends LocaleServiceProvider

  An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the `Collator` class.
  Since:
    1.6

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected` | `CollatorProvider()` | Sole constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `abstract Collator` | `getInstance​(Locale locale)` | Returns a new `Collator` instance for the specified locale.

    - ### Methods declared in class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

      `getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale`

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CollatorProvider

          protected CollatorProvider()

      Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getInstance

          public abstract Collator getInstance​(Locale locale)

      Returns a new `Collator` instance for the specified locale.
      Parameters:
        `locale` - the desired locale.
      Returns:
        the `Collator` for the desired locale.
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - if `locale` is null
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if `locale` isn't one of the locales returned from `getAvailableLocales()`.
      See Also:
        `Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale)`