com.sap.pdms.commons.util

Class LocaleSAP

java.lang.Object

com.sap.pdms.commons.util.LocaleSAP

public final class LocaleSAP
extends Object

Helper class to deal with SAP proprietary locales. The class provides static methods to map BCP47 locales to SAP single letter locales (SPRAS) and ABAP compatible locales (LAISO). These are similar to the entries in the NetWeaver configuration table T002 columns SPRAS and LAISO, respectively

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	convertToLocaleABAP(Locale oLocale) Returns the locale in ABAP format(language and country in two character upper case format) Example: EN_US, DE_DE, FR_CA
static String	convertToLocaleABAP(String sLocale) Returns the locale in ABAP format(language and country in two character upper case format) Example: EN_US, DE_DE, FR_CA
static String	convertToLocaleBCP47(Locale oLocale) Returns the locale in BCP47 format (language in two letter lower case and country in two character upper case format) Example: en-US, de-DE, fr-CA
static String	convertToLocaleBCP47(String sLocale) Returns the locale in BCP47 format (language in 2 letter lower case and country in two character upper case format) Example: en-US, de-DE, fr-CA
static String	convertToLocaleSAP(Locale oLocale) Converts a java locale to a one character LOCALE_SAP.
static String	convertToLocaleSAP(String sLocale) Converts a java locale to a one character LOCALE_SAP.
static String	parseAcceptLanguage(String sAcceptLanguage) Parses a string in accept-language format and returns the locale with the highest weight
static List<String>	parseAcceptLanguagesIgnoringWeights(String sAcceptLanguage) Parses a string in accept-language format and returns a list of the locales in the order passed, ignoring weights
static Connection	setLocale(Connection oConnection, String sLocale) Sets the locales LOCALE_SAP and LOCALE_BCP47 in the HANA session context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parseAcceptLanguage

public static String parseAcceptLanguage(String sAcceptLanguage)

Parses a string in accept-language format and returns the locale with the highest weight

Parameters:

sAcceptLanguage - the string to parse

Returns:

the locale with the highest priority in BCP47 format

parseAcceptLanguagesIgnoringWeights

public static List<String> parseAcceptLanguagesIgnoringWeights(String sAcceptLanguage)

Parses a string in accept-language format and returns a list of the locales in the order passed, ignoring weights

Parameters:

sAcceptLanguage - the string to parse

Returns:

a list of locales in BCP47 format in order of appearence, ignoring weights

convertToLocaleSAP

public static String convertToLocaleSAP(Locale oLocale)

Converts a java locale to a one character LOCALE_SAP. Different formats like en_us, en_US, en-us, en-US, EN-US are accepted as input.

Parameters:

oLocale - the java locale as a java.util.Locale object

Returns:

the LOCALE_SAP or 'E' if there was no mapping found

convertToLocaleSAP

public static String convertToLocaleSAP(String sLocale)

Converts a java locale to a one character LOCALE_SAP. Different formats like en_us, en_US, en-us, en-US, EN-US are accepted as input.

Parameters:

sLocale - the java locale as a string

Returns:

the LOCALE_SAP or 'E' if there was no mapping

convertToLocaleABAP

public static String convertToLocaleABAP(String sLocale)

Returns the locale in ABAP format(language and country in two character upper case format) Example: EN_US, DE_DE, FR_CA

Parameters:

sLocale - the locale to convert as a string

Returns:

the locale in ABAP format

convertToLocaleABAP

public static String convertToLocaleABAP(Locale oLocale)

Returns the locale in ABAP format(language and country in two character upper case format) Example: EN_US, DE_DE, FR_CA

Parameters:

oLocale - the locale to convert as a java.util.locale object

Returns:

the locale in ABAP format

convertToLocaleBCP47

public static String convertToLocaleBCP47(String sLocale)

Returns the locale in BCP47 format (language in 2 letter lower case and country in two character upper case format) Example: en-US, de-DE, fr-CA

Parameters:

sLocale - the locale to convert as a string

Returns:

the locale in BCP47 format

convertToLocaleBCP47

public static String convertToLocaleBCP47(Locale oLocale)

Returns the locale in BCP47 format (language in two letter lower case and country in two character upper case format) Example: en-US, de-DE, fr-CA

Parameters:

oLocale - the locale to convert as a java.util.locale object

Returns:

the locale in BCP47 format

setLocale

public static Connection setLocale(Connection oConnection,
                                   String sLocale)
                            throws SQLClientInfoException

Sets the locales LOCALE_SAP and LOCALE_BCP47 in the HANA session context. Setting LOCALE_SAP will set the LOCALE internally as well.

Parameters:

oConnection - The database connection to set the locales for via ClientInfo

sLocale - the locale as a string

Returns:

the database connection

Throws:

SQLClientInfoException - if there is a SQL client connection error