LocaleFunctionSupport (jaxen 1.2.0 API)

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 Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LocaleFunctionSupport()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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'.
`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
`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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.jaxen.Function
call

- Constructor Detail
  - LocaleFunctionSupport
```
public LocaleFunctionSupport()
```
- Method Detail
  - 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