Locales (PGJDBC-NG 0.8.9)

java.lang.Object
- com.impossibl.postgres.utils.Locales

```
public class Locales
extends Object
```

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Locales()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Locale`	`parseLocale(String localeValue)`	Parse the given `String` value into a `Locale`, accepting the `Locale.toString()` format as well as BCP 47 language tags and Win32 verbose locale names.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Locales
```
public Locales()
```
- Method Detail
  - parseLocale
```
public static Locale parseLocale(String localeValue)
```
    Parse the given String value into a Locale, accepting the Locale.toString() format as well as BCP 47 language tags and Win32 verbose locale names. If the locale may include an encoding (e.g. UTF-8) or codepage (e.g. 1252) following a '.', it will be stripped. "C" & "POSIX" locales are always mapped to Locale.ROOT
    
    Parameters:
    
    localeValue - the locale value: following either Locale's toString() format ("en", "en_UK", etc), or BCP 47 (e.g. "en-UK") as specified by Locale.forLanguageTag(java.lang.String) on Java 7+, or Win32 verbose locale names (e.g. "English_United States"). Optionally including an ignored encoding or Win32 codepage.
    
    Returns:
    
    a corresponding Locale instance, or null if none
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - in case of an invalid locale specification