LocaleUtils.java

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package org.elasticsearch.common.util;


import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * Utilities for for dealing with {@link Locale} objects
 */
public class LocaleUtils {

    /**
     * Parse the string describing a locale into a {@link Locale} object
     */
    public static Locale parse(String localeStr) {
        final String[] parts = localeStr.split("_", -1);
        switch (parts.length) {
            case 3:
                // lang_country_variant
                return new Locale(parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]);
            case 2:
                // lang_country
                return new Locale(parts[0], parts[1]);
            case 1:
                if ("ROOT".equalsIgnoreCase(parts[0])) {
                    return Locale.ROOT;
                }
                // lang
                return new Locale(parts[0]);
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't parse locale: [" + localeStr + "]");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return a string for a {@link Locale} object
     */
    public static String toString(Locale locale) {
        // JAVA7 - use .toLanguageTag instead of .toString()
        return locale.toString();
    }
}