org.crosswire.common.util
Class Countries

java.lang.Object
  org.crosswire.common.util.Countries

public final class Countries
extends Object

A utility class that converts ISO-3166 codes or locales to their "friendly" country name.

Author:

DM Smith

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The GNU Lesser General Public License for details.

Field Summary

static String	DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE
private static String	UNKNOWN_COUNTRY_CODE

Constructor Summary

private

Countries() Make the class a true utility class by having a private constructor.

Method Summary

static String	getCountry(String iso3166Code) Get the country name from the country code.
private static ResourceBundle	getLocalisedCountries() Gets the localised countries.
static boolean	isValidCountry(String iso3166Code) Determine whether the country code is valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE

public static final String DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE

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Constant Field Values

UNKNOWN_COUNTRY_CODE

private static final String UNKNOWN_COUNTRY_CODE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Countries

private Countries()

Make the class a true utility class by having a private constructor.

Method Detail

isValidCountry

public static boolean isValidCountry(String iso3166Code)

Determine whether the country code is valid. The code is valid if it is null or empty. The code is valid if it is in iso3166.properties. If a locale is used for the iso3166Code, it will use the part after the '_'. Thus, this code does not support dialects.

Parameters:

iso3166Code - the country code

Returns:

true if the country is valid.

getCountry

public static String getCountry(String iso3166Code)

Get the country name from the country code. If the code is null or empty then it is considered to be DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE (that is, US). Otherwise, it will generate a log message and return unknown. If a locale is used for the iso3166Code, it will use the part before the '_'. Thus, this code does not support dialects, except as found in the iso3166.

Parameters:

iso3166Code - the country code

Returns:

the name of the country

getLocalisedCountries

private static ResourceBundle getLocalisedCountries()

Gets the localised countries.

Returns:

the localised countries