Package org.springframework.web.servlet

Interface LocaleContextResolver

All Superinterfaces:

LocaleResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLocaleContextResolver, CookieLocaleResolver, FixedLocaleResolver, SessionLocaleResolver

public interface LocaleContextResolver
extends LocaleResolver

Extension of LocaleResolver that adds support for a rich locale context (potentially including locale and time zone information).

Also provides default implementations of resolveLocale(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest) and setLocale(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, java.util.Locale) which delegate to resolveLocaleContext(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest) and setLocaleContext(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContext), respectively.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Sam Brannen

See Also:

• LocaleContext
• TimeZoneAwareLocaleContext
• LocaleContextHolder
• RequestContext.getTimeZone()
• RequestContextUtils.getTimeZone(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Locale	resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest request)	Default implementation of LocaleResolver.resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest) that delegates to resolveLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest), falling back to ServletRequest.getLocale() if necessary.
LocaleContext	resolveLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest request)	Resolve the current locale context via the given request.
default void	setLocale(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Locale locale)	Default implementation of LocaleResolver.setLocale(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Locale) that delegates to setLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, LocaleContext), using a SimpleLocaleContext.
void	setLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, LocaleContext localeContext)	Set the current locale context to the given one, potentially including a locale with associated time zone information.

Method Details

resolveLocaleContext

LocaleContext resolveLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest request)

Resolve the current locale context via the given request.

This is primarily intended for framework-level processing; consider using RequestContextUtils or RequestContext for application-level access to the current locale and/or time zone.

The returned context may be a TimeZoneAwareLocaleContext, containing a locale with associated time zone information. Simply apply an instanceof check and downcast accordingly.

Custom resolver implementations may also return extra settings in the returned context, which again can be accessed through downcasting.

Parameters:

request - the request to resolve the locale context for

Returns:

the current locale context (never null

See Also:

• resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest)
• RequestContextUtils.getLocale(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
• RequestContextUtils.getTimeZone(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)

setLocaleContext

void setLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest request,
 @Nullable
 HttpServletResponse response,
 @Nullable
 LocaleContext localeContext)

Set the current locale context to the given one, potentially including a locale with associated time zone information.

Parameters:

request - the request to be used for locale modification

response - the response to be used for locale modification

localeContext - the new locale context, or null to clear the locale

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the LocaleResolver implementation does not support dynamic changing of the locale or time zone

See Also:

• setLocale(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Locale)
• SimpleLocaleContext
• SimpleTimeZoneAwareLocaleContext

resolveLocale

default Locale resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest request)

Default implementation of LocaleResolver.resolveLocale(HttpServletRequest) that delegates to resolveLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest), falling back to ServletRequest.getLocale() if necessary.

Specified by:

resolveLocale in interface LocaleResolver

Parameters:

request - the request to resolve the locale for

Returns:

the current locale (never null)

Since:

6.0

setLocale

default void setLocale(HttpServletRequest request,
 @Nullable
 HttpServletResponse response,
 @Nullable
 Locale locale)

Default implementation of LocaleResolver.setLocale(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Locale) that delegates to setLocaleContext(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, LocaleContext), using a SimpleLocaleContext.

Specified by:

setLocale in interface LocaleResolver

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

Since:

6.0