Class LocaleFunctionSupport

java.lang.Object
org.jaxen.function.ext.LocaleFunctionSupport
All Implemented Interfaces:
Function
Direct Known Subclasses:
LowerFunction, UpperFunction
public abstract class LocaleFunctionSupport extends Object implements Function

An abstract base class for Locale-specific extension functions. This class provides convenience methods that can be inherited, specifically to find a Locale from an XPath function argument value.

Author:
James Strachan

  • Constructor Details

    • LocaleFunctionSupport

      public LocaleFunctionSupport()

  • Method Details

    • getLocale

      protected Locale getLocale(Object value, Navigator navigator)
      Attempts to convert the given function argument value into a Locale either via casting, extracting it from a List or looking up the named Locale using reflection.
      Parameters:
      value - is either a Locale, a List containing a Locale or a String containing the name of a Locale as defined by the Locale static members.
      Returns:
      the Locale for the value or null if one could not be deduced

    • findLocale

      protected Locale findLocale(String localeText)
      Tries to find a Locale instance by name using RFC 3066 language tags such as 'en', 'en-US', 'en-US-Brooklyn'.
      Parameters:
      localeText - the RFC 3066 language tag
      Returns:
      the locale for the given text or null if one could not be found

    • findLocaleForLanguage

      protected Locale findLocaleForLanguage(String language)
      Finds the locale with the given language name with no country or variant, such as Locale.ENGLISH or Locale.FRENCH
      Parameters:
      language - the language code to look for
      Returns:
      the locale for the given language or null if one could not be found