Locales.java

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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);
    }

}