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/** * Copyright 2010 - 2013 CosmoCode GmbH * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package de.cosmocode.commons; import com.google.common.base.Preconditions; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.regex.Matcher; /** * Utility class providing constant and * frequently used {@link Locale}s. * * @author Willi Schoenborn */ public final class Locales { public static final Locale SPANISH = new Locale("es"); public static final Locale AUSTRIA = new Locale("de", "AT"); public static final Locale AUSTRALIA = new Locale("en", "AU"); public static final Locale NEW_ZEALAND = new Locale("en", "NZ"); /** * Prevent instantiation. */ private Locales() { } /** * Parses a string into a {@link Locale}. * * @param value the locale string * @return a new {@link Locale} parsed from value * @throws NullPointerException if value is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if value is no valid locale */ public static Locale parse(String value) { Preconditions.checkNotNull(value, "Value"); final Matcher matcher = Patterns.LOCALE.matcher(value); Preconditions.checkArgument(matcher.matches(), "%s does not match %s", value, Patterns.LOCALE); final String language = Strings.defaultIfBlank(matcher.group(1), ""); final String country = Strings.defaultIfBlank(matcher.group(2), ""); final String variant = Strings.defaultIfBlank(matcher.group(3), ""); return new Locale(language, country, variant); } }