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package sun.util.locale.provider;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * LocaleData meta info SPI
 *
 * @author Naoto Sato
 */
public interface LocaleDataMetaInfo {

    /**
     * Returns the type of LocaleProviderAdapter for which this LocaleData
     * provides the data.
     * @return type The type of the adapter.
     */
    public LocaleProviderAdapter.Type getType();

    /**
     * Returns the string concatenation of the supported language tags in
     * this LocaleData instance
     * @param category category of the locale data.
     * @return concatenated language tags, separated by a space.
     */
    public String availableLanguageTags(String category);

    /**
     * Returns a map for time zone ids to their canonical ids.
     * The map key is either an LDML's short id, or a valid
     * TZDB zone id.
     * @return map of ids to their canonical ids.
     */
    default public Map<String, String>  tzCanonicalIDs() {
        return null;
    }
}