DateTimeFormatterProvider

java.lang.Object
- java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
- - javax.time.calendar.format.DateTimeFormatterProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateTimeFormatterProviderImpl
```
public abstract class DateTimeFormatterProvider
extends java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
```
The Service Provider Interface (SPI) to be implemented by classes providing date-time formatting information.
DateTimeFormatterProvider is an abstract class and must be implemented with care. Implementations must be thread-safe. It is strongly recommended that implementations cache the returned formatters.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DateTimeFormatterProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract DateTimeFormatter`	`getFormatter(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.FormatStyle dateStyle, DateTimeFormatterBuilder.FormatStyle timeStyle, java.util.Locale locale, Chronology chronology)`	Gets a localized date, time or date-time format.

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DateTimeFormatterProvider
```
public DateTimeFormatterProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getFormatter
```
public abstract DateTimeFormatter getFormatter(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.FormatStyle dateStyle,
                                               DateTimeFormatterBuilder.FormatStyle timeStyle,
                                               java.util.Locale locale,
                                               Chronology chronology)
```
    Gets a localized date, time or date-time format.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dateStyle - the date formatter style to obtain, null to obtain a time formatter
    
    timeStyle - the time formatter style to obtain, null to obtain a date formatter
    
    locale - the locale to use, not null
    
    chronology - the chronology to use, not null
    
    Returns:
    
    the date-time formatter, never null
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if both format styles are null
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the locale is not a recognized locale