Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors. * * Licensed 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. */ import java.util.*; public class Main { public static Locale toLocale(String str) { if (str == null) { return null; } int len = str.length(); if (len != 2 && len != 5 && len < 7) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid locale format: " + str); } char ch0 = str.charAt(0); char ch1 = str.charAt(1); if (ch0 < 'a' || ch0 > 'z' || ch1 < 'a' || ch1 > 'z') { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid locale format: " + str); } if (len == 2) { return new Locale(str, ""); } else { if (str.charAt(2) != '_') { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid locale format: " + str); } char ch3 = str.charAt(3); if (ch3 == '_') { return new Locale(str.substring(0, 2), "", str.substring(4)); } char ch4 = str.charAt(4); if (ch3 < 'A' || ch3 > 'Z' || ch4 < 'A' || ch4 > 'Z') { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid locale format: " + str); } if (len == 5) { return new Locale(str.substring(0, 2), str.substring(3, 5)); } else { if (str.charAt(5) != '_') { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid locale format: " + str); } return new Locale(str.substring(0, 2), str.substring(3, 5), str.substring(6)); } } } }