Implementing a JavaBean helper class to manage supported locales.

Enterprise Java
Internationalize Your Web Site

Gary Bollinger and Bharathi Natarajan
Listing 3. Implementing a JavaBean helper class to manage supported locales.


package i18n;
import java.util.Locale;

public class i18nLocale {
  private static Locale locale_ = null;
  private static final Locale ENGLISH = new Locale("en", "US");
  private static final Locale GERMAN = new Locale("de", "DE");

  public static void
  setLocale(String locale) {
     if(locale.equals("de"))
       locale_ = i18nLocale.GERMAN;
     else
       locale_ = i18nLocale.ENGLISH;
  }

  public static Locale getLocale() {
       return locale_;
  }
}