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package org.jboss.solder.util;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* Utilities for working with locales.
*
* @author Pete Muir
*/
public class Locales {
private Locales() {
}
/**
* Utility to convert a string using the standard format for specifying a
* Locale to a {@link Locale} object.
*
* @param localeName the string providing the locale.
* @return the encoded {@link Locale}
*/
public static Locale toLocale(String localeName) {
if (localeName == null) {
return Locale.getDefault();
}
if (localeName.contains("_")) {
String[] split = localeName.split("_");
if (split.length == 2) {
return new Locale(split[0], split[1]);
} else if (split.length == 3) {
return new Locale(split[0], split[1], split[2]);
}
}
return new Locale(localeName);
}
}