LocaleNormalizer.java

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package org.openmrs.module.sync.serialization;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.openmrs.util.LocaleUtility;

/**
 * Deals with {@link Locale} objects
 */
public class LocaleNormalizer extends DefaultNormalizer {
	
	/**
	 * We can't use the {@link DefaultNormalizer#fromString(Class, String)} here because that calls
	 * the {@link Locale#toString()}. That constructor on Locale does not deal with language
	 * variants like en_US well (correctly).
	 * 
	 * @see org.openmrs.module.sync.serialization.DefaultNormalizer#fromString(java.lang.Class,
	 *      java.lang.String)
	 */
	public Object fromString(Class clazz, String s) {
		return LocaleUtility.fromSpecification(s);
	}
}