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25
26package sun.util.spi;
27
28import java.util.Calendar;
29import java.util.Locale;
30import java.util.TimeZone;
31import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
32
33/**
34 * An abstract class for service providers that
35 * provide instances of the
36 * {@link java.util.Calendar Calendar} class.
37 *
38 * @since        1.8
39 */
40public abstract class CalendarProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
41
42    /**
43     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
44     * implicit.)
45     */
46    protected CalendarProvider() {
47    }
48
49    /**
50     * Returns a new <code>Calendar</code> instance for the
51     * specified locale.
52     *
53     * @param zone the time zone
54     * @param locale the desired locale
55     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
56     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale</code> isn't
57     *     one of the locales returned from
58     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
59     *     getAvailableLocales()}.
60     * @return a <code>Calendar</code> instance.
61     * @see java.util.Calendar#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
62     */
63    public abstract Calendar getInstance(TimeZone zone, Locale locale);
64}
65