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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.i18n.LocaleFinder\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.i18n;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;\r
+\r
+import java.util.Locale;\r
+import java.text.DateFormat;\r
+import java.text.RuleBasedCollator;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ A LocaleFinder gets a Locale and things associated with Locales.\r
+ */\r
+public interface LocaleFinder {\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * @exception StandardException Thrown on error\r
+ */\r
+ Locale getCurrentLocale() throws StandardException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get a RuleBasedCollator corresponding to the Locale returned by\r
+ * getCurrentLocale().\r
+ *\r
+ * @exception StandardException Thrown on error\r
+ */\r
+ RuleBasedCollator getCollator() throws StandardException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get a formatter for formatting dates. The implementation may cache this\r
+ * value, since it never changes for a given Locale.\r
+ *\r
+ * @exception StandardException Thrown on error\r
+ */\r
+ DateFormat getDateFormat() throws StandardException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get a formatter for formatting times. The implementation may cache this\r
+ * value, since it never changes for a given Locale.\r
+ *\r
+ * @exception StandardException Thrown on error\r
+ */\r
+ DateFormat getTimeFormat() throws StandardException;\r
+\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+ * Get a formatter for formatting timestamps. The implementation may cache\r
+ * this value, since it never changes for a given Locale.\r
+ *\r
+ * @exception StandardException Thrown on error\r
+ */\r
+ DateFormat getTimestampFormat() throws StandardException;\r
+}\r