net.time4j.format

Interface PluralProvider

public interface PluralProvider

This SPI-interface enables the access to localized plural rules and is instantiated via a ServiceLoader-mechanism.

If there is no external PluralProvider then Time4J will use an internal implementation which only supports English and else yield very simplified standard plural rules which might be incorrect. If applications need true i18n-support then the i18n-module should be used which has a general implementation of this interface.

Since:

2.2

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

ServiceLoader

Specification:

Implementations must have a public no-arg constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PluralRules	load(Locale country, NumberType numType) Defines the plural rules for given country or language.

Method Detail

load

PluralRules load(Locale country,
                 NumberType numType)

Defines the plural rules for given country or language.

Parameters:

country - country or region

numType - numerical category

Returns:

PluralRules-instance (maybe a default setting)

Since:

2.2