org.torweg.pulse.util
Class LocaleUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.torweg.pulse.util.LocaleUtils

public final class LocaleUtils
extends java.lang.Object

utility methods for working with Locales.

Version:

$Revision: 1405 $

Author:

Thomas Weber

Nested Class Summary

static class

LocaleUtils.LocaleComparator Comparator comparing locales by their String representations.

Method Summary

static java.util.Locale	localeFromString(java.lang.String l) builds a Locale from the String returned by Locale.toString().
static boolean	matches(java.util.Locale source, java.util.Locale target) matches the source Locale to the target Locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

localeFromString

public static java.util.Locale localeFromString(java.lang.String l)

builds a Locale from the String returned by Locale.toString().

Parameters:

l - the locale string

Returns:

the Locale or null, if no Locale could be built from the given String

matches

public static boolean matches(java.util.Locale source,
                              java.util.Locale target)

matches the source Locale to the target Locale.

The source matches the target, if it is a subset of the target's attributes.

Parameters:

source - the locale to check

target - the locale to check against.

Returns:

true, if the locale matches the given language, country and variant