Interface LocaleResolver

All Known Subinterfaces:
LocaleContextResolver
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractLocaleContextResolver, AbstractLocaleResolver, AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver, CookieLocaleResolver, FixedLocaleResolver, SessionLocaleResolver

public interface LocaleResolver
Interface for web-based locale resolution strategies that allows for both locale resolution via the request and locale modification via request and response.

This interface allows for implementations based on request, session, cookies, etc. The default implementation is AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver, simply using the request's locale provided by the respective HTTP header.

Use RequestContext.getLocale() to retrieve the current locale in controllers or views, independent of the actual resolution strategy.

Note: As of Spring 4.0, there is an extended strategy interface called LocaleContextResolver, allowing for resolution of a LocaleContext object, potentially including associated time zone information. Spring's provided resolver implementations implement the extended LocaleContextResolver interface wherever appropriate.

Since:
27.02.2003
Author:
Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  • Method Details

    • resolveLocale

      Locale resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest request)
      Resolve the current locale via the given request. Can return a default locale as fallback in any case.
      Parameters:
      request - the request to resolve the locale for
      Returns:
      the current locale (never null)
    • setLocale

      void setLocale(HttpServletRequest request, @Nullable HttpServletResponse response, @Nullable Locale locale)
      Set the current locale to the given one.
      Parameters:
      request - the request to be used for locale modification
      response - the response to be used for locale modification
      locale - the new locale, or null to clear the locale
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the LocaleResolver implementation does not support dynamic changing of the locale