Locale (getDisplayName method) with Norwegian locales

Name: rm29839 Date: 06/10/98

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The problem is there in JDK1.1 (at least 1.1.6) as well.

The trouble is that when using a Norwegian default locale, the language par=
t of the display name is the same=20
(the one of the default) regardless of variant, whereas it should always be
norsk (bokm=E5l) with the B variant, norsk (nynorsk)
with the NY variant. Since the variants are a pure language thing, not a =
part-of-country thing or something like that, it=20
would be nice if the variant variations could be presented with the languag=
e in non-Norwegian display names as well,
e.g.

Norwegian (bokm=E5l) (Norway)
Norwegian (nynorsk)(Norway)

or (to avoid trouble with the =E5 with some encodings)

Norwegian (bokmaal) (Norway)
Norwegian (nynorsk)(Norway)

or simply

Norwegian (B) (Norway)
Norwegian (NY)(Norway)


Hi,
thanks for your (quick) reply. Here's what I'd like it to be like - its th=
e first () on each line that is (primarily) the problem:

norsk (bokm=E5l) (Norge,B)
norsk (nynorsk) (Norge,NY)

I.e. the line originating from a Locale("no","NO","B") should _always_ sho=
w (bokm=E5l), the other one should always show (nynorsk).
As it is now, the first () of _both_ lines show (bokm=E5l) if you've chose=
n Locale("no","NO","B") as your default, whereas they _both_ change to (ny=
norsk) if you change to Locale("no","NO","NY").

It might even be better to drop the variant part completely from the countr=
y () (if/when the language part works), i.e.

norsk (bokm=E5l) (Norge)
norsk (nynorsk) (Norge)

I hope that this maybe made it a bit clearer ...

Thanks,
Marit


A source code example:

   import java.util.*;
   //import java.awt.swing.*;
   import com.sun.java.swing.*;
   import java.awt.event.*;

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   public class Test extends JFrame
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   {
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      public Test()
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      { =20
         Locale.setDefault(new Locale("no","NO","B"));
      //Alternatively, use
       //Locale.setDefault(new Locale("no","NO","NY"));
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         System.out.println((new Locale("no","NO","B")).getDisplayName());
         System.out.println((new Locale("no","NO","NY")).getDisplayName());
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      //The rest is mainly here to display the text "perfectly" when using =
the "B" variant.
      //Since getAvailableLocales() does not seemto work in 1.2beta3, the f=
rame might not show there,
      //but that is said not to give any trouble running in 1.2.beta4.
         Locale[] l =3D getLocalesForLanguageAndCountry(Locale.getDefault()=
);
         String[] d =3D new String[l.length];
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         for (int i=3D0; i< l.length; i++)
         {
            d[i]=3Dl[i].getDisplayName();
         }
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         JList list =3D new JList();
         list.setListData(d);
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         getContentPane().add(list);
      }
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      protected Locale[] getLocalesForLanguageAndCountry(Locale l)=20
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      { =20
         Vector v =3D new Vector();
         Locale[] lo =3DCalendar.getAvailableLocales(); //Would probably us=
e Locale.getgetAvailableLocales() in 1.2
         for (int i =3D 0; i<lo.length; i++)=20
            if (l.getLanguage().equals(lo[i].getLanguage()) ||=20
                l.getCountry().equals(lo[i].getCountry())) =20
               v.addElement(lo[i]);
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         Locale[] a =3D new Locale[v.size()];
         for (int i =3D 0; i<a.length; i++)
         {
            a[i] =3D (Locale) v.elementAt(i);
         }
         return a;
      }
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      public static void main(String[] args) =20
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      {
         Test t =3D new Test();
         t.pack(); =20
         t.show();
         t.addWindowListener( =20
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                               new WindowAdapter()
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                               {
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                                  public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
                                         =20
                                  {
                                     System.exit(0);
                                  } =20
                               }
                            );=20
      }
(Review ID: 33384)
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