org.pentaho.platform.util.messages
Class LocaleHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.platform.util.messages.LocaleHelper

public class LocaleHelper
extends Object

Field Summary

static int	FORMAT_FULL
static int	FORMAT_IGNORE
static int	FORMAT_LONG
static int	FORMAT_MEDIUM
static int	FORMAT_SHORT
static String	LEFT_TO_RIGHT
static String	UTF_8

Constructor Summary

LocaleHelper()

Method Summary

static String	convertEncodedStringToSystemDefaultEncoding(String fromEncoding, String encodedStr) This method converts strings from a known encoding into a string encoded by the system default encoding.
static String	convertISOStringToSystemDefaultEncoding(String isoString) This method is called to convert strings from ISO-8859-1 (post/get parameters for example) into the default system locale.
static String	convertStringEncoding(String sourceString, String sourceEncoding, String targetEncoding) This method converts strings between various encodings.
static String	getClosestLocale(String locale, String[] locales)
static NumberFormat	getCurrencyFormat()
static DateFormat	getDateFormat(int dateFormat, int timeFormat)
static Locale	getDefaultLocale()
static DateFormat	getFullDateFormat(boolean date, boolean time)
static Locale	getLocale()
static Locale	getLocaleOverride()
static DateFormat	getLongDateFormat(boolean date, boolean time)
static DateFormat	getMediumDateFormat(boolean date, boolean time)
static NumberFormat	getNumberFormat()
static DateFormat	getShortDateFormat(boolean date, boolean time)
static String	getSystemEncoding()
static String	getTextDirection()
static boolean	isAscii(String aString)
static boolean	isLatin1(String aString)
static String	isoToUtf8(String isoString) This method converts an ISO-8859-1 encoded string to a UTF-8 encoded string.
static boolean	isWithinCharset(String aString, String charsetTarget)
static void	setDefaultLocale(Locale newLocale)
static void	setLocale(Locale newLocale)
static void	setLocaleOverride(Locale localeOverride)
static void	setSystemEncoding(String encoding)
static void	setTextDirection(String textDirection)
static String	utf8ToIso(String utf8String) This method converts a UTF8-encoded string to ISO-8859-1

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

FORMAT_SHORT

public static final int FORMAT_SHORT

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FORMAT_MEDIUM

public static final int FORMAT_MEDIUM

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FORMAT_LONG

public static final int FORMAT_LONG

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FORMAT_FULL

public static final int FORMAT_FULL

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FORMAT_IGNORE

public static final int FORMAT_IGNORE

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UTF_8

public static final String UTF_8

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LEFT_TO_RIGHT

public static final String LEFT_TO_RIGHT

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Constructor Detail

LocaleHelper

public LocaleHelper()

Method Detail

setDefaultLocale

public static void setDefaultLocale(Locale newLocale)

getDefaultLocale

public static Locale getDefaultLocale()

setLocaleOverride

public static void setLocaleOverride(Locale localeOverride)

getLocaleOverride

public static Locale getLocaleOverride()

setLocale

public static void setLocale(Locale newLocale)

getLocale

public static Locale getLocale()

setSystemEncoding

public static void setSystemEncoding(String encoding)

setTextDirection

public static void setTextDirection(String textDirection)

getSystemEncoding

public static String getSystemEncoding()

getTextDirection

public static String getTextDirection()

convertISOStringToSystemDefaultEncoding

public static String convertISOStringToSystemDefaultEncoding(String isoString)

This method is called to convert strings from ISO-8859-1 (post/get parameters for example) into the default system locale.

Parameters:

isoString -

Returns:

Re-encoded string

convertEncodedStringToSystemDefaultEncoding

public static String convertEncodedStringToSystemDefaultEncoding(String fromEncoding,
                                                                 String encodedStr)

This method converts strings from a known encoding into a string encoded by the system default encoding.

Parameters:

fromEncoding -

encodedStr -

Returns:

Re-encoded string

isoToUtf8

public static String isoToUtf8(String isoString)

This method converts an ISO-8859-1 encoded string to a UTF-8 encoded string.

Parameters:

isoString -

Returns:

Re-encoded string

utf8ToIso

public static String utf8ToIso(String utf8String)

This method converts a UTF8-encoded string to ISO-8859-1

Parameters:

utf8String -

Returns:

Re-encoded string

convertStringEncoding

public static String convertStringEncoding(String sourceString,
                                           String sourceEncoding,
                                           String targetEncoding)

This method converts strings between various encodings.

Parameters:

sourceString -

sourceEncoding -

targetEncoding -

Returns:

Re-encoded string.

isAscii

public static boolean isAscii(String aString)

Parameters:

aString -

Returns:

true if the provided string is completely within the US-ASCII character set.

isLatin1

public static boolean isLatin1(String aString)

Parameters:

aString -

Returns:

true if the provided string is completely within the Latin-1 character set (ISO-8859-1).

isWithinCharset

public static boolean isWithinCharset(String aString,
                                      String charsetTarget)

Parameters:

aString -

charsetTarget -

Returns:

true if the provided string is completely within the target character set.

getDateFormat

public static DateFormat getDateFormat(int dateFormat,
                                       int timeFormat)

getShortDateFormat

public static DateFormat getShortDateFormat(boolean date,
                                            boolean time)

getMediumDateFormat

public static DateFormat getMediumDateFormat(boolean date,
                                             boolean time)

getLongDateFormat

public static DateFormat getLongDateFormat(boolean date,
                                           boolean time)

getFullDateFormat

public static DateFormat getFullDateFormat(boolean date,
                                           boolean time)

getNumberFormat

public static NumberFormat getNumberFormat()

getCurrencyFormat

public static NumberFormat getCurrencyFormat()

getClosestLocale

public static String getClosestLocale(String locale,
                                      String[] locales)