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package org.apache.hivemind.service;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * The hivemind.ThreadLocale service is intrinsic to HiveMind; its a threaded service for storing
 * the locale for the <em>current</em> thread (it uses the threaded service).
 * 
 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface ThreadLocale
{
    /**
     * Changes the locale from the default.
     */

    public void setLocale(Locale locale);

    /**
     * Returns the current locale. Initially, this is the
     * {@link org.apache.hivemind.Registry#getLocale()} default locale. This may be changed for a
     * thread.
     */

    public Locale getLocale();
}