Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Rustem V. Rafikov
+ * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
+ */
+package javax.imageio.spi;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * The IIOServiceProvider abstract class provides base functionality 
+ * for imageio service provider interfaces (SPIs). 
+ */
+public abstract class IIOServiceProvider implements RegisterableService {
+
+    /** The vendor name of this service provider. */
+    protected String vendorName;
+    
+    /** The version of this service provider. */
+    protected String version;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new IIOServiceProvider.
+     * 
+     * @param vendorName the vendor name of service provider.
+     * @param version the version of service provider.
+     */
+    public IIOServiceProvider(String vendorName, String version) {
+        if (vendorName == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("vendor name cannot be NULL");
+        }
+        if (version == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("version name cannot be NULL");
+        }
+        this.vendorName = vendorName;
+        this.version = version;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new IIOServiceProvider.
+     */
+    public IIOServiceProvider() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet");
+    }
+
+    public void onRegistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category) {
+        // the default impl. does nothing
+    }
+
+    public void onDeregistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the vendor name of this service provider.
+     * 
+     * @return the vendor name of this service provider.
+     */
+    public String getVendorName() {
+        return vendorName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the version of this service provider.
+     * 
+     * @return the version of this service provider.
+     */
+    public String getVersion() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a description of this service provider.   
+     * The result string should be localized for the specified 
+     * Locale.
+     * 
+     * @param locale the specified Locale.
+     * 
+     * @return the description of this service provider.
+     */
+    public abstract String getDescription(Locale locale);
+}