net.time4j.format

Interface FormatPatternProvider

public interface FormatPatternProvider

This SPI-interface enables the access to localized gregorian date-, time- or interval patterns according to the CLDR-specifiation and is instantiated via a ServiceLoader-mechanism.

If there is no external FormatPatternProvider then Time4J will just delegate to the JDK.

Specification: Implementations must have a public no-arg constructor.

Since:

3.10/4.7

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

ServiceLoader, SimpleDateFormat.toPattern()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDatePattern(DisplayMode mode, Locale locale) Returns the localized date pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type PlainDate.
String	getDateTimePattern(DisplayMode dateMode, DisplayMode timeMode, Locale locale) Returns the localized date-time pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type Moment or PlainTimestamp.
String	getIntervalPattern(Locale locale) Returns the localized interval pattern.
String	getTimePattern(DisplayMode mode, Locale locale) Returns the localized time pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type PlainTime.

Method Detail

getDatePattern

String getDatePattern(DisplayMode mode,
                      Locale locale)

Returns the localized date pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type PlainDate.

Parameters:

mode - display mode

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized date pattern

See Also:

PlainDate

getTimePattern

String getTimePattern(DisplayMode mode,
                      Locale locale)

Returns the localized time pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type PlainTime.

Parameters:

mode - display mode

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized time pattern

See Also:

PlainTime

getDateTimePattern

String getDateTimePattern(DisplayMode dateMode,
                          DisplayMode timeMode,
                          Locale locale)

Returns the localized date-time pattern suitable for formatting of objects of type Moment or PlainTimestamp.

Expressions of the form "{0}" will be interpreted as the time component and expressions of the form "{1}" will be interpreted as the date component. All other chars of the pattern will be treated as literals.

Parameters:

dateMode - display mode of date part

timeMode - display mode of time part

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized date-time pattern

See Also:

Moment, PlainTimestamp

getIntervalPattern

String getIntervalPattern(Locale locale)

Returns the localized interval pattern.

Expressions of the form "{0}" will be interpreted as the start boundary format and expressions of the form "{1}" will be interpreted as the end boundary format. All other chars of the pattern will be treated as literals.

Parameters:

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized interval pattern