org.crosswire.common.util
Class Languages.RtoL
java.lang.Object
org.crosswire.common.util.Languages.RtoL
- Enclosing class:
- Languages
public static final class Languages.RtoL
- extends Object
Provide a fallback lookup against a huge list of all languages.
The basic list has a few hundred languages. The full list has
over 7000. As a fallback, this file is not internationalized.
Field Summary |
private static Set |
rtol
Do lazy loading of the huge file of languages. |
Constructor Summary |
private |
Languages.RtoL()
This is a singleton class. |
Method Summary |
static boolean |
isRtoL(String script,
String lang)
Determine whether this language is a Left-to-Right or a Right-to-Left
language. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
rtol
private static Set rtol
- Do lazy loading of the huge file of languages.
Note: It is OK for it not to be present.
Languages.RtoL
private Languages.RtoL()
- This is a singleton class. Do not allow construction.
isRtoL
public static boolean isRtoL(String script,
String lang)
- Determine whether this language is a Left-to-Right or a Right-to-Left
language. If the language has a script, it is used for the determination.
Otherwise, check the language.
Note: This is problematic. Languages do not have direction.
Scripts do. Further, there are over 7000 living languages, many of which
are written in Right-to-Left scripts and are not listed here.
- Parameters:
script
- the iso15924 script code, must be in Title caselang
- the iso639 language code, must be lower case
- Returns:
- true if the language is Right-to-Left