org.jaffa.util
Class LocaleHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.jaffa.util.LocaleHelper

public class LocaleHelper

extends Object

This is a helper routine used for the internationalization of datatypes. It extracts formats from a properties file based on datatype and locale country and language codes.

Author:

JonnyR

Constructor Summary

LocaleHelper()

Method Summary

static String	determineLayout(String inputLayout) This method will obtain obtain the layout by invoking the getProperty() method, if the inputLayout is enclosed in square brackets.
static String	getProperty(String dataType) Returns a format based on country and language from the locale.properties file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocaleHelper

public LocaleHelper()

Method Detail

getProperty

public static String getProperty(String dataType)

Returns a format based on country and language from the locale.properties file

Parameters:

dataType - datatype that the format is requested for

Returns:

returns a format string for parsing and formatting a datatype

determineLayout

public static String determineLayout(String inputLayout)

This method will obtain obtain the layout by invoking the getProperty() method, if the inputLayout is enclosed in square brackets. Eg. [Xyz]. Otherwise, it simply returns the inputLayout. A null is returned, in case the input is null.

Parameters:

inputLayout - the input layout to be parsed

Returns:

the parsed layout.