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package java.util;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.ObjectInputStream;

import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import java.io.ObjectStreamField;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**

 * A <code>Locale</code> object represents a specific geographical, political,

 * or cultural region. An operation that requires a <code>Locale</code> to perform

 * its task is called <em>locale-sensitive</em> and uses the <code>Locale</code>

 * to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number

 * is a locale-sensitive operation— the number should be formatted

 * according to the customs and conventions of the user's native country,

 * region, or culture.

 *

 * <p> The <code>Locale</code> class implements identifiers

 * interchangeable with BCP 47 (IETF BCP 47, "Tags for Identifying

 * Languages"), with support for the LDML (UTS#35, "Unicode Locale

 * Data Markup Language") BCP 47-compatible extensions for locale data

 * exchange.

 *

 * <p> A <code>Locale</code> object logically consists of the fields

 * described below.

 *

 * <dl>

 *   <dt><a name="def_language"/><b>language</b></dt>

 *

 *   <dd>ISO 639 alpha-2 or alpha-3 language code, or registered

 *   language subtags up to 8 alpha letters (for future enhancements).

 *   When a language has both an alpha-2 code and an alpha-3 code, the

 *   alpha-2 code must be used.  You can find a full list of valid

 *   language codes in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for

 *   "Type: language").  The language field is case insensitive, but

 *   <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to lower case.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Well-formed language values have the form

 *   <code>[a-zA-Z]{2,8}</code>.  Note that this is not the the full

 *   BCP47 language production, since it excludes extlang.  They are

 *   not needed since modern three-letter language codes replace

 *   them.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Example: "en" (English), "ja" (Japanese), "kok" (Konkani)</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dt><a name="def_script"/><b>script</b></dt>

 *

 *   <dd>ISO 15924 alpha-4 script code.  You can find a full list of

 *   valid script codes in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search

 *   for "Type: script").  The script field is case insensitive, but

 *   <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to title case (the first

 *   letter is upper case and the rest of the letters are lower

 *   case).</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Well-formed script values have the form

 *   <code>[a-zA-Z]{4}</code></dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Example: "Latn" (Latin), "Cyrl" (Cyrillic)</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dt><a name="def_region"/><b>country (region)</b></dt>

 *

 *   <dd>ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code or UN M.49 numeric-3 area code.

 *   You can find a full list of valid country and region codes in the

 *   IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for "Type: region").  The

 *   country (region) field is case insensitive, but

 *   <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to upper case.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Well-formed country/region values have

 *   the form <code>[a-zA-Z]{2} | [0-9]{3}</code></dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Example: "US" (United States), "FR" (France), "029"

 *   (Caribbean)</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dt><a name="def_variant"/><b>variant</b></dt>

 *

 *   <dd>Any arbitrary value used to indicate a variation of a

 *   <code>Locale</code>.  Where there are two or more variant values

 *   each indicating its own semantics, these values should be ordered

 *   by importance, with most important first, separated by

 *   underscore('_').  The variant field is case sensitive.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Note: IETF BCP 47 places syntactic restrictions on variant

 *   subtags.  Also BCP 47 subtags are strictly used to indicate

 *   additional variations that define a language or its dialects that

 *   are not covered by any combinations of language, script and

 *   region subtags.  You can find a full list of valid variant codes

 *   in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for "Type: variant").

 *

 *   <p>However, the variant field in <code>Locale</code> has

 *   historically been used for any kind of variation, not just

 *   language variations.  For example, some supported variants

 *   available in Java SE Runtime Environments indicate alternative

 *   cultural behaviors such as calendar type or number script.  In

 *   BCP 47 this kind of information, which does not identify the

 *   language, is supported by extension subtags or private use

 *   subtags.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Well-formed variant values have the form <code>SUBTAG

 *   (('_'|'-') SUBTAG)*</code> where <code>SUBTAG =

 *   [0-9][0-9a-zA-Z]{3} | [0-9a-zA-Z]{5,8}</code>. (Note: BCP 47 only

 *   uses hyphen ('-') as a delimiter, this is more lenient).</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Example: "polyton" (Polytonic Greek), "POSIX"</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dt><a name="def_extensions"/><b>extensions</b></dt>

 *

 *   <dd>A map from single character keys to string values, indicating

 *   extensions apart from language identification.  The extensions in

 *   <code>Locale</code> implement the semantics and syntax of BCP 47

 *   extension subtags and private use subtags. The extensions are

 *   case insensitive, but <code>Locale</code> canonicalizes all

 *   extension keys and values to lower case. Note that extensions

 *   cannot have empty values.</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Well-formed keys are single characters from the set

 *   <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]</code>.  Well-formed values have the form

 *   <code>SUBTAG ('-' SUBTAG)*</code> where for the key 'x'

 *   <code>SUBTAG = [0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8}</code> and for other keys

 *   <code>SUBTAG = [0-9a-zA-Z]{2,8}</code> (that is, 'x' allows

 *   single-character subtags).</dd><br>

 *

 *   <dd>Example: key="u"/value="ca-japanese" (Japanese Calendar),

 *   key="x"/value="java-1-7"</dd>

 * </dl>

 *

 * <b>Note:</b> Although BCP 47 requires field values to be registered

 * in the IANA Language Subtag Registry, the <code>Locale</code> class

 * does not provide any validation features.  The <code>Builder</code>

 * only checks if an individual field satisfies the syntactic

 * requirement (is well-formed), but does not validate the value

 * itself.  See {@link Builder} for details.

 *

 * <h4><a name="def_locale_extension">Unicode locale/language extension</h4>

 *

 * <p>UTS#35, "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language" defines optional

 * attributes and keywords to override or refine the default behavior

 * associated with a locale.  A keyword is represented by a pair of

 * key and type.  For example, "nu-thai" indicates that Thai local

 * digits (value:"thai") should be used for formatting numbers

 * (key:"nu").

 *

 * <p>The keywords are mapped to a BCP 47 extension value using the

 * extension key 'u' ({@link #UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION}).  The above

 * example, "nu-thai", becomes the extension "u-nu-thai".code

 *

 * <p>Thus, when a <code>Locale</code> object contains Unicode locale

 * attributes and keywords,

 * <code>getExtension(UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION)</code> will return a

 * String representing this information, for example, "nu-thai".  The

 * <code>Locale</code> class also provides {@link

 * #getUnicodeLocaleAttributes}, {@link #getUnicodeLocaleKeys}, and

 * {@link #getUnicodeLocaleType} which allow you to access Unicode

 * locale attributes and key/type pairs directly.  When represented as

 * a string, the Unicode Locale Extension lists attributes

 * alphabetically, followed by key/type sequences with keys listed

 * alphabetically (the order of subtags comprising a key's type is

 * fixed when the type is defined)

 *

 * <p>A well-formed locale key has the form

 * <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{2}</code>.  A well-formed locale type has the

 * form <code>"" | [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8} ('-' [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8})*</code> (it

 * can be empty, or a series of subtags 3-8 alphanums in length).  A

 * well-formed locale attribute has the form

 * <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8}</code> (it is a single subtag with the same

 * form as a locale type subtag).

 *

 * <p>The Unicode locale extension specifies optional behavior in

 * locale-sensitive services.  Although the LDML specification defines

 * various keys and values, actual locale-sensitive service

 * implementations in a Java Runtime Environment might not support any

 * particular Unicode locale attributes or key/type pairs.

 *

 * <h4>Creating a Locale</h4>

 *

 * <p>There are several different ways to create a <code>Locale</code>

 * object.

 *

 * <h5>Builder</h5>

 *

 * <p>Using {@link Builder} you can construct a <code>Locale</code> object

 * that conforms to BCP 47 syntax.

 *

 * <h5>Constructors</h5>

 *

 * <p>The <code>Locale</code> class provides three constructors:

 * <blockquote>

 * <pre>

 *     {@link #Locale(String language)}

 *     {@link #Locale(String language, String country)}

 *     {@link #Locale(String language, String country, String variant)}

 * </pre>

 * </blockquote>

 * These constructors allow you to create a <code>Locale</code> object

 * with language, country and variant, but you cannot specify

 * script or extensions.

 *

 * <h5>Factory Methods</h5>

 *

 * <p>The method {@link #forLanguageTag} creates a <code>Locale</code>

 * object for a well-formed BCP 47 language tag.

 *

 * <h5>Locale Constants</h5>

 *

 * <p>The <code>Locale</code> class provides a number of convenient constants

 * that you can use to create <code>Locale</code> objects for commonly used

 * locales. For example, the following creates a <code>Locale</code> object

 * for the United States:

 * <blockquote>

 * <pre>

 *     Locale.US

 * </pre>

 * </blockquote>

 *

 * <h4>Use of Locale</h4>

 *

 * <p>Once you've created a <code>Locale</code> you can query it for information

 * about itself. Use <code>getCountry</code> to get the country (or region)

 * code and <code>getLanguage</code> to get the language code.

 * You can use <code>getDisplayCountry</code> to get the

 * name of the country suitable for displaying to the user. Similarly,

 * you can use <code>getDisplayLanguage</code> to get the name of

 * the language suitable for displaying to the user. Interestingly,

 * the <code>getDisplayXXX</code> methods are themselves locale-sensitive

 * and have two versions: one that uses the default locale and one

 * that uses the locale specified as an argument.

 *

 * <p>The Java Platform provides a number of classes that perform locale-sensitive

 * operations. For example, the <code>NumberFormat</code> class formats

 * numbers, currency, and percentages in a locale-sensitive manner. Classes

 * such as <code>NumberFormat</code> have several convenience methods

 * for creating a default object of that type. For example, the

 * <code>NumberFormat</code> class provides these three convenience methods

 * for creating a default <code>NumberFormat</code> object:

 * <blockquote>

 * <pre>

 *     NumberFormat.getInstance()

 *     NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance()

 *     NumberFormat.getPercentInstance()

 * </pre>

 * </blockquote>

 * Each of these methods has two variants; one with an explicit locale

 * and one without; the latter uses the default locale:

 * <blockquote>

 * <pre>

 *     NumberFormat.getInstance(myLocale)

 *     NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(myLocale)

 *     NumberFormat.getPercentInstance(myLocale)

 * </pre>

 * </blockquote>

 * A <code>Locale</code> is the mechanism for identifying the kind of object

 * (<code>NumberFormat</code>) that you would like to get. The locale is

 * <STRONG>just</STRONG> a mechanism for identifying objects,

 * <STRONG>not</STRONG> a container for the objects themselves.

 *

 * <h4>Compatibility</h4>

 *

 * <p>In order to maintain compatibility with existing usage, Locale's

 * constructors retain their behavior prior to the Java Runtime

 * Environment version 1.7.  The same is largely true for the

 * <code>toString</code> method. Thus Locale objects can continue to

 * be used as they were. In particular, clients who parse the output

 * of toString into language, country, and variant fields can continue

 * to do so (although this is strongly discouraged), although the

 * variant field will have additional information in it if script or

 * extensions are present.

 *

 * <p>In addition, BCP 47 imposes syntax restrictions that are not

 * imposed by Locale's constructors. This means that conversions

 * between some Locales and BCP 47 language tags cannot be made without

 * losing information. Thus <code>toLanguageTag</code> cannot

 * represent the state of locales whose language, country, or variant

 * do not conform to BCP 47.

 *

 * <p>Because of these issues, it is recommended that clients migrate

 * away from constructing non-conforming locales and use the

 * <code>forLanguageTag</code> and <code>Locale.Builder</code> APIs instead.

 * Clients desiring a string representation of the complete locale can

 * then always rely on <code>toLanguageTag</code> for this purpose.

 *

 * <h5><a name="special_cases_constructor"/>Special cases</h5>

 *

 * <p>For compatibility reasons, two

 * non-conforming locales are treated as special cases.  These are

 * <b><tt>ja_JP_JP</tt></b> and <b><tt>th_TH_TH</tt></b>. These are ill-formed

 * in BCP 47 since the variants are too short. To ease migration to BCP 47,

 * these are treated specially during construction.  These two cases (and only

 * these) cause a constructor to generate an extension, all other values behave

 * exactly as they did prior to Java 7.

 *

 * <p>Java has used <tt>ja_JP_JP</tt> to represent Japanese as used in

 * Japan together with the Japanese Imperial calendar. This is now

 * representable using a Unicode locale extension, by specifying the

 * Unicode locale key <tt>ca</tt> (for "calendar") and type

 * <tt>japanese</tt>. When the Locale constructor is called with the

 * arguments "ja", "JP", "JP", the extension "u-ca-japanese" is

 * automatically added.

 *

 * <p>Java has used <tt>th_TH_TH</tt> to represent Thai as used in

 * Thailand together with Thai digits. This is also now representable using

 * a Unicode locale extension, by specifying the Unicode locale key

 * <tt>nu</tt> (for "number") and value <tt>thai</tt>. When the Locale

 * constructor is called with the arguments "th", "TH", "TH", the

 * extension "u-nu-thai" is automatically added.

 *

 * <h5>Serialization</h5>

 *

 * <p>During serialization, writeObject writes all fields to the output

 * stream, including extensions.

 *

 * <p>During deserialization, readResolve adds extensions as described

 * in <a href="#special_cases_constructor">Special Cases</a>, only

 * for the two cases th_TH_TH and ja_JP_JP.

 *

 * <h5>Legacy language codes</h5>

 *

 * <p>Locale's constructor has always converted three language codes to

 * their earlier, obsoleted forms: <tt>he</tt> maps to <tt>iw</tt>,

 * <tt>yi</tt> maps to <tt>ji</tt>, and <tt>id</tt> maps to

 * <tt>in</tt>.  This continues to be the case, in order to not break

 * backwards compatibility.

 *

 * <p>The APIs added in 1.7 map between the old and new language codes,

 * maintaining the old codes internal to Locale (so that

 * <code>getLanguage</code> and <code>toString</code> reflect the old

 * code), but using the new codes in the BCP 47 language tag APIs (so

 * that <code>toLanguageTag</code> reflects the new one). This

 * preserves the equivalence between Locales no matter which code or

 * API is used to construct them. Java's default resource bundle

 * lookup mechanism also implements this mapping, so that resources

 * can be named using either convention, see {@link ResourceBundle.Control}.

 *

 * <h5>Three-letter language/country(region) codes</h5>

 *

 * <p>The Locale constructors have always specified that the language

 * and the country param be two characters in length, although in

 * practice they have accepted any length.  The specification has now

 * been relaxed to allow language codes of two to eight characters and

 * country (region) codes of two to three characters, and in

 * particular, three-letter language codes and three-digit region

 * codes as specified in the IANA Language Subtag Registry.  For

 * compatibility, the implementation still does not impose a length

 * constraint.

 *

 * @see Builder

 * @see ResourceBundle

 * @see java.text.Format

 * @see java.text.NumberFormat

 * @see java.text.Collator

 * @author Mark Davis

 * @since 1.1

 */

public final class Locale implements Cloneable, Serializable {

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale ENGLISH = createConstant("en", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale FRENCH = createConstant("fr", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale GERMAN = createConstant("de", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale ITALIAN = createConstant("it", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale JAPANESE = createConstant("ja", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale KOREAN = createConstant("ko", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale CHINESE = createConstant("zh", "");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE = createConstant("zh", "CN");

    /** Useful constant for language.

     */

    static public final Locale TRADITIONAL_CHINESE = createConstant("zh", "TW");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale FRANCE = createConstant("fr", "FR");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale GERMANY = createConstant("de", "DE");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale ITALY = createConstant("it", "IT");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale JAPAN = createConstant("ja", "JP");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale KOREA = createConstant("ko", "KR");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale CHINA = SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE;

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale PRC = SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE;

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale TAIWAN = TRADITIONAL_CHINESE;

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale UK = createConstant("en", "GB");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale US = createConstant("en", "US");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale CANADA = createConstant("en", "CA");

    /** Useful constant for country.

     */

    static public final Locale CANADA_FRENCH = createConstant("fr", "CA");

    /**

     * Useful constant for the root locale.  The root locale is the locale whose

     * language, country, and variant are empty ("") strings.  This is regarded

     * as the base locale of all locales, and is used as the language/country

     * neutral locale for the locale sensitive operations.

     *

     * @since 1.6

     */

    static public final Locale ROOT = createConstant("", "");

    /**

     * The key for the private use extension ('x').

     *

     * @see #getExtension(char)

     * @see Builder#setExtension(char, String)

     * @since 1.7

     */

    static public final char PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION = 'x';

    /**

     * The key for Unicode locale extension ('u').

     *

     * @see #getExtension(char)

     * @see Builder#setExtension(char, String)

     * @since 1.7

     */

    static public final char UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION = 'u';

    /** serialization ID

     */

    static final long serialVersionUID = 9149081749638150636L;

    /**

     * Display types for retrieving localized names from the name providers.

     */

    private static final int DISPLAY_LANGUAGE = 0;

    private static final int DISPLAY_COUNTRY  = 1;

    private static final int DISPLAY_VARIANT  = 2;

    private static final int DISPLAY_SCRIPT   = 3;

    private String language;

    private String country;

    private String variant;

    /**

     * Construct a locale from language, country and variant.

     * This constructor normalizes the language value to lowercase and

     * the country value to uppercase.

     * <p>

     * <b>Note:</b>

     * <ul>

     * <li>ISO 639 is not a stable standard; some of the language codes it defines

     * (specifically "iw", "ji", and "in") have changed.  This constructor accepts both the

     * old codes ("iw", "ji", and "in") and the new codes ("he", "yi", and "id"), but all other

     * API on Locale will return only the OLD codes.

     * <li>For backward compatibility reasons, this constructor does not make

     * any syntactic checks on the input.

     * <li>The two cases ("ja", "JP", "JP") and ("th", "TH", "TH") are handled specially,

     * see <a href="#special_cases_constructor">Special Cases</a> for more information.

     * </ul>

     *

     * @param language An ISO 639 alpha-2 or alpha-3 language code, or a language subtag

     * up to 8 characters in length.  See the <code>Locale</code> class description about

     * valid language values.

     * @param country An ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code or a UN M.49 numeric-3 area code.

     * See the <code>Locale</code> class description about valid country values.

     * @param variant Any arbitrary value used to indicate a variation of a <code>Locale</code>.

     * See the <code>Locale</code> class description for the details.

     * @exception NullPointerException thrown if any argument is null.

     */

    public Locale(String language, String country, String variant) {

        if (language== null || country == null || variant == null) {

            throw new NullPointerException();

        }

        this.language = language;

        this.country = country;

        this.variant = variant;

    }

    /**

     * Construct a locale from language and country.

     * This constructor normalizes the language value to lowercase and

     * the country value to uppercase.

     * <p>

     * <b>Note:</b>

     * <ul>

     * <li>ISO 639 is not a stable standard; some of the language codes it defines

     * (specifically "iw", "ji", and "in") have changed.  This constructor accepts both the

     * old codes ("iw", "ji", and "in") and the new codes ("he", "yi", and "id"), but all other

     * API on Locale will return only the OLD codes.

     * <li>For backward compatibility reasons, this constructor does not make

     * any syntactic checks on the input.

     * </ul>

     *

     * @param language An ISO 639 alpha-2 or alpha-3 language code, or a language subtag

     * up to 8 characters in length.  See the <code>Locale</code> class description about

     * valid language values.

     * @param country An ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code or a UN M.49 numeric-3 area code.

     * See the <code>Locale</code> class description about valid country values.

     * @exception NullPointerException thrown if either argument is null.

     */

    public Locale(String language, String country) {

        this(language, country, "");

    }

    /**

     * Construct a locale from a language code.

     * This constructor normalizes the language value to lowercase.

     * <p>

     * <b>Note:</b>

     * <ul>

     * <li>ISO 639 is not a stable standard; some of the language codes it defines

     * (specifically "iw", "ji", and "in") have changed.  This constructor accepts both the

     * old codes ("iw", "ji", and "in") and the new codes ("he", "yi", and "id"), but all other

     * API on Locale will return only the OLD codes.

     * <li>For backward compatibility reasons, this constructor does not make

     * any syntactic checks on the input.

     * </ul>

     *

     * @param language An ISO 639 alpha-2 or alpha-3 language code, or a language subtag

     * up to 8 characters in length.  See the <code>Locale</code> class description about

     * valid language values.

     * @exception NullPointerException thrown if argument is null.

     * @since 1.4

     */

    public Locale(String language) {

        this(language, "", "");

    }

    /**

     * This method must be called only for creating the Locale.*

     * constants due to making shortcuts.

     */

    private static Locale createConstant(String lang, String country) {

        return new Locale(lang, country);

    }

    /**

     * Gets the current value of the default locale for this instance

     * of the Java Virtual Machine.

     * <p>

     * The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup

     * based on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive

     * methods if no locale is explicitly specified.

     * It can be changed using the

     * {@link #setDefault(java.util.Locale) setDefault} method.

     *

     * @return the default locale for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine

     */

    public static Locale getDefault() {

        return Locale.US;

    }

    /**

     * Sets the default locale for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine.

     * This does not affect the host locale.

     * <p>

     * If there is a security manager, its <code>checkPermission</code>

     * method is called with a <code>PropertyPermission("user.language", "write")</code>

     * permission before the default locale is changed.

     * <p>

     * The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup

     * based on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive

     * methods if no locale is explicitly specified.

     * <p>

     * Since changing the default locale may affect many different areas

     * of functionality, this method should only be used if the caller

     * is prepared to reinitialize locale-sensitive code running

     * within the same Java Virtual Machine.

     * <p>

     * By setting the default locale with this method, all of the default

     * locales for each Category are also set to the specified default locale.

     *

     * @throws SecurityException

     *        if a security manager exists and its

     *        <code>checkPermission</code> method doesn't allow the operation.

     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>newLocale</code> is null

     * @param newLocale the new default locale

     * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission

     * @see java.util.PropertyPermission

     */

    public static void setDefault(Locale newLocale) {

        throw new SecurityException();

    }

    /**

     * Returns an array of all installed locales.

     * The returned array represents the union of locales supported

     * by the Java runtime environment and by installed

     * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider LocaleServiceProvider}

     * implementations.  It must contain at least a <code>Locale</code>

     * instance equal to {@link java.util.Locale#US Locale.US}.

     *

     * @return An array of installed locales.

     */

    public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales() {

        return new Locale[] { Locale.US };

    }

    /**

     * Returns the language code of this Locale.

     *

     * <p><b>Note:</b> ISO 639 is not a stable standard&mdash; some languages' codes have changed.

     * Locale's constructor recognizes both the new and the old codes for the languages

     * whose codes have changed, but this function always returns the old code.  If you

     * want to check for a specific language whose code has changed, don't do

     * <pre>

     * if (locale.getLanguage().equals("he")) // BAD!

     *    ...

     * </pre>

     * Instead, do

     * <pre>

     * if (locale.getLanguage().equals(new Locale("he").getLanguage()))

     *    ...

     * </pre>

     * @return The language code, or the empty string if none is defined.

     * @see #getDisplayLanguage

     */

    public String getLanguage() {

        return language;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the script for this locale, which should

     * either be the empty string or an ISO 15924 4-letter script

     * code. The first letter is uppercase and the rest are

     * lowercase, for example, 'Latn', 'Cyrl'.

     *

     * @return The script code, or the empty string if none is defined.

     * @see #getDisplayScript

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public String getScript() {

        return "";

    }

    /**

     * Returns the country/region code for this locale, which should

     * either be the empty string, an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code,

     * or a UN M.49 3-digit code.

     *

     * @return The country/region code, or the empty string if none is defined.

     * @see #getDisplayCountry

     */

    public String getCountry() {

        return country;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the variant code for this locale.

     *

     * @return The variant code, or the empty string if none is defined.

     * @see #getDisplayVariant

     */

    public String getVariant() {

        return variant;

    }

    String getRegion() {

        return getCountry();

    }

    /**

     * Returns the extension (or private use) value associated with

     * the specified key, or null if there is no extension

     * associated with the key. To be well-formed, the key must be one

     * of <code>[0-9A-Za-z]</code>. Keys are case-insensitive, so

     * for example 'z' and 'Z' represent the same extension.

     *

     * @param key the extension key

     * @return The extension, or null if this locale defines no

     * extension for the specified key.

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is not well-formed

     * @see #PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION

     * @see #UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public String getExtension(char key) {

        return null;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the set of extension keys associated with this locale, or the

     * empty set if it has no extensions. The returned set is unmodifiable.

     * The keys will all be lower-case.

     *

     * @return The set of extension keys, or the empty set if this locale has

     * no extensions.

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public Set<Character> getExtensionKeys() {

        return Collections.emptySet();

    }

    /**

     * Returns the set of unicode locale attributes associated with

     * this locale, or the empty set if it has no attributes. The

     * returned set is unmodifiable.

     *

     * @return The set of attributes.

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public Set<String> getUnicodeLocaleAttributes() {

        return Collections.emptySet();

    }

    /**

     * Returns the Unicode locale type associated with the specified Unicode locale key

     * for this locale. Returns the empty string for keys that are defined with no type.

     * Returns null if the key is not defined. Keys are case-insensitive. The key must

     * be two alphanumeric characters ([0-9a-zA-Z]), or an IllegalArgumentException is

     * thrown.

     *

     * @param key the Unicode locale key

     * @return The Unicode locale type associated with the key, or null if the

     * locale does not define the key.

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the key is not well-formed

     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>key</code> is null

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public String getUnicodeLocaleType(String key) {

        return null;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the set of Unicode locale keys defined by this locale, or the empty set if

     * this locale has none.  The returned set is immutable.  Keys are all lower case.

     *

     * @return The set of Unicode locale keys, or the empty set if this locale has

     * no Unicode locale keywords.

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public Set<String> getUnicodeLocaleKeys() {

        return Collections.emptySet();

    }

    /**

     * Returns a string representation of this <code>Locale</code>

     * object, consisting of language, country, variant, script,

     * and extensions as below:

     * <p><blockquote>

     * language + "_" + country + "_" + (variant + "_#" | "#") + script + "-" + extensions

     * </blockquote>

     *

     * Language is always lower case, country is always upper case, script is always title

     * case, and extensions are always lower case.  Extensions and private use subtags

     * will be in canonical order as explained in {@link #toLanguageTag}.

     *

     * <p>When the locale has neither script nor extensions, the result is the same as in

     * Java 6 and prior.

     *

     * <p>If both the language and country fields are missing, this function will return

     * the empty string, even if the variant, script, or extensions field is present (you

     * can't have a locale with just a variant, the variant must accompany a well-formed

     * language or country code).

     *

     * <p>If script or extensions are present and variant is missing, no underscore is

     * added before the "#".

     *

     * <p>This behavior is designed to support debugging and to be compatible with

     * previous uses of <code>toString</code> that expected language, country, and variant

     * fields only.  To represent a Locale as a String for interchange purposes, use

     * {@link #toLanguageTag}.

     *

     * <p>Examples: <ul><tt>

     * <li>en

     * <li>de_DE

     * <li>_GB

     * <li>en_US_WIN

     * <li>de__POSIX

     * <li>zh_CN_#Hans

     * <li>zh_TW_#Hant-x-java

     * <li>th_TH_TH_#u-nu-thai</tt></ul>

     *

     * @return A string representation of the Locale, for debugging.

     * @see #getDisplayName

     * @see #toLanguageTag

     */

    @Override

    public final String toString() {

        Locale baseLocale = this;

        boolean l = (baseLocale.getLanguage().length() != 0);

        boolean s = (baseLocale.getScript().length() != 0);

        boolean r = (baseLocale.getRegion().length() != 0);

        boolean v = (baseLocale.getVariant().length() != 0);

        boolean e = false; //(localeExtensions != null && localeExtensions.getID().length() != 0);

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(baseLocale.getLanguage());

        if (r || (l && (v || s || e))) {

            result.append('_')

                .append(baseLocale.getRegion()); // This may just append '_'

        }

        if (v && (l || r)) {

            result.append('_')

                .append(baseLocale.getVariant());

        }

        if (s && (l || r)) {

            result.append("_#")

                .append(baseLocale.getScript());

        }

        if (e && (l || r)) {

            result.append('_');

            if (!s) {

                result.append('#');

            }

//            result.append(localeExtensions.getID());

        }

        return result.toString();

    }

    /**

     * Overrides Cloneable.

     */

    public Object clone()

    {

        try {

            Locale that = (Locale)super.clone();

            return that;

        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {

            throw new InternalError();

        }

    }

    /**

     * Override hashCode.

     * Since Locales are often used in hashtables, caches the value

     * for speed.

     */

    @Override

    public int hashCode() {

        int hash = 3;

        hash = 43 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.language);

        hash = 43 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.country);

        hash = 43 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.variant);

        return hash;

    }

    // Overrides

    @Override

    public boolean equals(Object obj) {

        if (obj == null) {

            return false;

        }

        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {

            return false;

        }

        final Locale other = (Locale) obj;

        if (!Objects.equals(this.language, other.language)) {

            return false;

        }

        if (!Objects.equals(this.country, other.country)) {

            return false;

        }

        if (!Objects.equals(this.variant, other.variant)) {

            return false;

        }

        return true;

    }

}