com.antelmann.util
Class I18n

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.util.I18n

public class I18n
extends Object

some utility methods useful for internationalization.

Author:

Holger Antelmann

Constructor Summary

I18n()

Method Summary

static boolean	isSupportedCountry(String countryCode) based on uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code
static Locale	localeFor(String localeIdentifier) retrieves the Locale based on the toString() method of a supported Locale, or null if none is available.
static Locale	localeForCountry(String countryCode) retrieves a supported Locale based on a given uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code or null if none is available.
static String	sampleString(Locale l) returns a sample String for the given locale - displayed in the default locale
static String	sampleString(Locale l, Locale lang) returns a sample String for the first given locale displayed in the second given locale

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

I18n

public I18n()

Method Detail

sampleString

public static String sampleString(Locale l)

returns a sample String for the given locale - displayed in the default locale

sampleString

public static String sampleString(Locale l,
                                  Locale lang)

returns a sample String for the first given locale displayed in the second given locale

localeFor

public static Locale localeFor(String localeIdentifier)

retrieves the Locale based on the toString() method of a supported Locale, or null if none is available. The string comparison is case-insensitive.

localeForCountry

public static Locale localeForCountry(String countryCode)

retrieves a supported Locale based on a given uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code or null if none is available. If there are more supported Locale object for the given country code, simply the first one encountered is returned.

isSupportedCountry

public static boolean isSupportedCountry(String countryCode)

based on uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code