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LocalizationContext.java

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package javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

/**
 * Class representing an I18N localization context.
 *
 * <p> An I18N localization context has two components: a resource bundle and
 * the locale that led to the resource bundle match.
 *
 * <p> The resource bundle component is used by <fmt:message> for mapping
 * message keys to localized messages, and the locale component is used by the
 * <fmt:message>, <fmt:formatNumber>, <fmt:parseNumber>, <fmt:formatDate>,
 * and <fmt:parseDate> actions as their formatting or parsing locale, respectively.
 *
 * @author Jan Luehe
 */

public class LocalizationContext {

    // the localization context's resource bundle
    final private ResourceBundle bundle;

    // the localization context's locale
    final private Locale locale;

    /**
     * Constructs an empty I18N localization context.
     */
    public LocalizationContext() {
	bundle = null;
	locale = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an I18N localization context from the given resource bundle
     * and locale.
     *
     * <p> The specified locale is the application- or browser-based preferred
     * locale that led to the resource bundle match.
     *
     * @param bundle The localization context's resource bundle
     * @param locale The localization context's locale
     */
    public LocalizationContext(ResourceBundle bundle, Locale locale) {
	this.bundle = bundle;
	this.locale = locale;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an I18N localization context from the given resource bundle.
     *
     * <p> The localization context's locale is taken from the given
     * resource bundle.
     *
     * @param bundle The resource bundle
     */
    public LocalizationContext(ResourceBundle bundle) {
	this.bundle = bundle;
	this.locale = bundle.getLocale();
    }

    /** 
     * Gets the resource bundle of this I18N localization context.
     * 
     * @return The resource bundle of this I18N localization context, or null
     * if this I18N localization context is empty
     */ 
    public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle() {
	return bundle;
    }

    /** 
     * Gets the locale of this I18N localization context.
     *
     * @return The locale of this I18N localization context, or null if this
     * I18N localization context is empty, or its resource bundle is a
     * (locale-less) root resource bundle.
     */ 
    public Locale getLocale() {
	return locale;
    }
}