Java tutorial
/* * $Id: LocaleUtil.java 667964 2008-06-15 15:00:54Z apetrelli $ * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Locale; /** * Utilities for locale manipulation. * * @version $Rev: 667964 $ $Date: 2008-06-15 17:00:54 +0200 (Sun, 15 Jun 2008) $ * @since 2.1.0 */ public class Main { /** * The "null" Locale, i.e. a Locale that points to no real locale. * * @since 2.1.0 */ public static final Locale NULL_LOCALE = new Locale(""); /** * * Returns the "parent" locale of a given locale. * * * If the original locale is only language-based, the {@link #NULL_LOCALE} * object is returned. * * * If the original locale is {@link #NULL_LOCALE}, then <code>null</code> * is returned. * * * @param locale The original locale. * @return The parent locale. */ public static Locale getParentLocale(Locale locale) { Locale retValue = null; String language = locale.getLanguage(); String country = locale.getCountry(); String variant = locale.getVariant(); if (!"".equals(variant)) { retValue = new Locale(language, country); } else if (!"".equals(country)) { retValue = new Locale(language); } else if (!"".equals(language)) { retValue = NULL_LOCALE; } return retValue; } }