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+# WARNING: Please note that for ICU 78 (2025-oct) we are planning to remove the ICU4J Locale Service Provider. See the [ICU 77 page](https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/download/77.html) for details.
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 ## Overview
 
 Java SE 6 introduced a new feature which allows Java user code to extend locale