Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit * http://geotools.org * * (C) 2001-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; * version 2.1 of the License. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. */ import java.util.Locale; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.IllegalComponentStateException; import javax.swing.JComponent; public class Main { /** * Returns the locale for the specified component, or a default one if the component * is not yet part of a container hierarchy. */ public static Locale getLocale(final Component component) { if (component != null) try { return component.getLocale(); } catch (IllegalComponentStateException ignore) { // Ignore. Will returns de default locale below. } return JComponent.getDefaultLocale(); } }