if((lang == null) || lang.equals(EMPTY_STRING)){ // not specified => getDefault
return Locale.getDefault();
}
String language = EMPTY_STRING;
String country = EMPTY_STRING;
String variant = EMPTY_STRING;
int i1 = lang.indexOf(IETF_SEPARATOR);
if (i1 < 0) {
language = lang;
} else {
language = lang.substring(0, i1);
++i1;
int i2 = lang.indexOf(IETF_SEPARATOR, i1);
if (i2 < 0) {
country = lang.substring(i1);
} else {
country = lang.substring(i1, i2);
variant = lang.substring(i2+1);
}
}
if(language.length() == 2){
language = language.toLowerCase();
}else {
language = EMPTY_STRING;
}
if(country.length() == 2){
country = country.toUpperCase();
}else {
country = EMPTY_STRING;
}
if((variant.length() > 0) &&
((language.length() == 2) ||(country.length() == 2))){
variant = variant.toUpperCase();
}else{
variant = EMPTY_STRING;
}
return new Locale(language, country, variant );