de.alpharogroup.locale

Class LocaleUtils

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.locale.LocaleUtils

public class LocaleUtils
extends Object

Utility class for Locales and Countries.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Asterios Raptis

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String[]	COUNTRY_CODES Array with all country codes.
static String[]	LANGUAGE_CODES The Constant LANGUAGE_CODES.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocaleUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Locale	getLocale(String code) Converts the given String code like "en", "en_US" or "en_US_win" to new Locale.
static String	getLocaleCode(File propertiesFile) Gets from the given properties file the locale code like "en", "en_US" or "en_US_win".
static String	getLocaleFilenameSuffix(Locale locale) Gets the locale file name suffix that has the format 'language_COUNTRY_variant' for instance 'de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.
static String	getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale, boolean withCountry) Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.
static String	getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale, boolean withCountry, boolean withVariant) Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.
static String	getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale, boolean withCountry, boolean withVariant, boolean withUnderscorePrefix) Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.
static String	getLocaleName(Locale locale) Deprecated. use instead getLocaleFilenameSuffix(Locale)
static boolean	isISOCountryCode(String code) Checks the given code if its a valide ISO 3166-1 countrycode.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

COUNTRY_CODES

public static final String[] COUNTRY_CODES

Array with all country codes.

LANGUAGE_CODES

public static final String[] LANGUAGE_CODES

The Constant LANGUAGE_CODES.

Constructor Detail

LocaleUtils

public LocaleUtils()

Method Detail

getLocale

public static Locale getLocale(String code)

Converts the given String code like "en", "en_US" or "en_US_win" to new Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code

Returns:

the Locale object or null.

getLocaleCode

public static String getLocaleCode(File propertiesFile)

Gets from the given properties file the locale code like "en", "en_US" or "en_US_win". For instance if the filename is resource_en.properties than it will return "en", if the filename is resource_en_US.properties than it will return "en_US". If nothing is found than it returns that the properties file is the "default".

Parameters:

propertiesFile - the properties file

Returns:

the locale code

getLocaleFilenameSuffix

public static String getLocaleFilenameSuffix(Locale locale)

Gets the locale file name suffix that has the format 'language_COUNTRY_variant' for instance 'de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

Returns:

the locale name

getLocaleFileSuffix

public static String getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale,
                                         boolean withCountry)

Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

withCountry - the with country

Returns:

the locale file suffix

getLocaleFileSuffix

public static String getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale,
                                         boolean withCountry,
                                         boolean withVariant)

Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

withCountry - with country

withVariant - with variant

Returns:

the locale file suffix

getLocaleFileSuffix

public static String getLocaleFileSuffix(Locale locale,
                                         boolean withCountry,
                                         boolean withVariant,
                                         boolean withUnderscorePrefix)

Gets the locale file name suffix for instance '_de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

withCountry - with country

withVariant - with variant

withUnderscorePrefix - true if the result has to have the underscore prefix

Returns:

the locale file suffix

getLocaleName

@Deprecated
public static String getLocaleName(Locale locale)

Deprecated. use instead getLocaleFilenameSuffix(Locale)

Gets the locale name for instance 'de_DE' for the Locale.GERMANY.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

Returns:

the locale name

isISOCountryCode

public static boolean isISOCountryCode(String code)

Checks the given code if its a valide ISO 3166-1 countrycode.

Parameters:

code - The code to check.

Returns:

true if the code is valide otherwise false.