--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/spi/TimeZoneNameProvider.java 2012-12-08 00:29:02.000000000 +0900 +++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/spi/TimeZoneNameProvider.java 2012-12-08 00:29:02.000000000 +0900 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * 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 @@ -77,4 +77,34 @@ * @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. + * + *
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 style
is invalid,
+ * or locale
isn't one of the locales returned from
+ * {@link LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
+ * getAvailableLocales()}.
+ * @exception NullPointerException if ID
or locale
+ * is {@code null}
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ public String getGenericDisplayName(String ID, int style, Locale locale) {
+ return null;
+ }
}