Check if locale is Right-To-Left oriented. - Java Internationalization

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Check if locale is Right-To-Left oriented.

Demo Code

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import java.util.Locale;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
import javax.swing.text.Utilities;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Check if locale is Right-To-Left oriented.
     * @return true if locale is Right-To-Left oriented.
     */
    public static boolean localeIsRTL() {
        String language = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().toLowerCase();
        return EditorUtils.isRTL(language);
    }
    /**
     * Check if language is Right-To-Left oriented.
     * 
     * @param language
     *            ISO-639-2 language code
     * @return true if language is RTL
     */
    public static boolean isRTL(final String language) {
        return "ar".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "iw".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "he".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "fa".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "ur".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "ug".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "ji".equalsIgnoreCase(language)
                || "yi".equalsIgnoreCase(language);
    }
}

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