org.tentackle.common

Class LocaleProvider

java.lang.Object

org.tentackle.common.LocaleProvider

@Service(value=LocaleProvider.class)
public class LocaleProvider
extends Object

A provider for the Locale.

Author:

harald

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocaleProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	assertCurrentLocaleValid() Asserts that a thread local Locale is set.
Locale	getCurrentLocale() Gets the locale used by the current thread.
Locale	getEffectiveLocale() Gets the effective locale for the current locale.
Locale	getEffectiveLocale(Locale locale) Gets the effective locale. This is application-specific and allows narrowing the locales to the effectively supported locales.
static LocaleProvider	getInstance() The singleton.
Locale	getLocale() Gets the locale.
void	setCurrentLocale(Locale locale) Sets the session used by the current thread. The session is stored as ThreadLocal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocaleProvider

public LocaleProvider()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static LocaleProvider getInstance()

The singleton.

Returns:

the singleton

getCurrentLocale

public Locale getCurrentLocale()

Gets the locale used by the current thread.

Returns:

the locale, null if no thread-local Locale set

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Gets the locale.

If there is no thread-local Locale, the default Locale is returned.

Returns:

the current locale, never null

setCurrentLocale

public void setCurrentLocale(Locale locale)

Sets the session used by the current thread.
The session is stored as ThreadLocal.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

assertCurrentLocaleValid

public void assertCurrentLocaleValid()

Asserts that a thread local Locale is set.

Throws:

TentackleRuntimeException - if thread-local locale is null

getEffectiveLocale

public Locale getEffectiveLocale(Locale locale)

Gets the effective locale.
This is application-specific and allows narrowing the locales to the effectively supported locales. If, for example, the default language in all resource bundles is "en" and there is a second language "de", then all locales beginning with "de" will map to "de" and all others to "en".

Parameters:

locale - the requested locale

Returns:

the mapped locale

getEffectiveLocale

public Locale getEffectiveLocale()

Gets the effective locale for the current locale.

Returns:

the mapped locale