src/share/classes/java/util/spi/TimeZoneNameProvider.java

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  /*
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   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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       * @exception NullPointerException if <code>ID</code> or <code>locale</code>
       *     is null
       * @see java.util.TimeZone#getDisplayName(boolean, int, java.util.Locale)
       */
      public abstract String getDisplayName(String ID, boolean daylight, int style, Locale locale);
+ 
+     /**
+      * Returns a generic name for the given time zone {@code ID} that's suitable
+      * for presentation to the user in the specified {@code locale}. Generic
+      * time zone names are neutral from standard time and daylight saving
+      * time. For example, "PT" is the short generic name of time zone ID {@code
+      * America/Los_Angeles}, while its short standard time and daylight saving
+      * time names are "PST" and "PDT", respectively. Refer to
+      * {@link #getDisplayName(String, boolean, int, Locale) getDisplayName}
+      * for valid time zone IDs.
+      *
+      * <p>The default implementation of this method returns {@code null}.
+      *
+      * @param ID a time zone ID string
+      * @param style either {@link java.util.TimeZone#LONG TimeZone.LONG} or
+      *    {@link java.util.TimeZone#SHORT TimeZone.SHORT}
+      * @param locale the desired locale
+      * @return the human-readable generic name of the given time zone in the
+      *     given locale, or {@code null} if it's not available.
+      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid,
+      *     or <code>locale</code> isn't one of the locales returned from
+      *     {@link LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
+      *     getAvailableLocales()}.
+      * @exception NullPointerException if <code>ID</code> or <code>locale</code>
+      *     is {@code null}
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public String getGenericDisplayName(String ID, int style, Locale locale) {
+         return null;
+     }
  }