oracle.portal.utils
Class BiDiUtils

java.lang.Object
  oracle.portal.utils.BiDiUtils

public class BiDiUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class containing methods useful when rendering content that can be displayed in multiple languages that may be Bi-Directional, i.e. some should be rendered from left to right (LTR) and others from right to left (RTL).

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ARABIC Constant representing the language code for RTL language Arabic.
static java.lang.String	BIDI_DIR_ATTRIBUTE
static java.lang.String	HEBREW Constant representing the language code for RTL language Hebrew.
static java.lang.String	LEFT
static java.lang.String	NO_DIR_ATTRIBUTE
static java.lang.String	RIGHT

Constructor Summary

BiDiUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getAlignment(java.util.Locale l, java.lang.String alignment) Method to return a left or right alignment value depending on whether the portal is being viewed in a BiDi language or not.
static java.lang.String	getAlignment(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String alignment) Method to return a left or right alignment value depending on whether the portal is being viewed in a BiDi language or not.
static java.lang.String	getDirAttribute(java.util.Locale l) Method to return the HTML attribute DIR=RTL when the language being used is a BiDi language.
static java.lang.String	getDirAttribute(java.lang.String language) Method to return the HTML attribute DIR=RTL when the language being used is a BiDi language.
static boolean	isBiDi(java.util.Locale l) Method to check whether a language is a BiDi language (i.e. rendered RTL).
static boolean	isBiDi(java.lang.String language) Method to check whether a language is a BiDi language (i.e. rendered RTL).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

RIGHT

public static final java.lang.String RIGHT

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LEFT

public static final java.lang.String LEFT

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BIDI_DIR_ATTRIBUTE

public static final java.lang.String BIDI_DIR_ATTRIBUTE

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NO_DIR_ATTRIBUTE

public static final java.lang.String NO_DIR_ATTRIBUTE

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ARABIC

public static final java.lang.String ARABIC

Constant representing the language code for RTL language Arabic.

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HEBREW

public static final java.lang.String HEBREW

Constant representing the language code for RTL language Hebrew.

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Constructor Detail

BiDiUtils

public BiDiUtils()

Method Detail

isBiDi

public static boolean isBiDi(java.util.Locale l)

Method to check whether a language is a BiDi language (i.e. rendered RTL).

Parameters:

l - The locale object containing the current language setting.

Returns:

boolean

isBiDi

public static boolean isBiDi(java.lang.String language)

Method to check whether a language is a BiDi language (i.e. rendered RTL).

Parameters:

language - A String representation of the current language setting.

Returns:

boolean

getDirAttribute

public static java.lang.String getDirAttribute(java.util.Locale l)

Method to return the HTML attribute DIR=RTL when the language being used is a BiDi language.

Parameters:

l - The locale object containing the current language setting.

Returns:

String

getDirAttribute

public static java.lang.String getDirAttribute(java.lang.String language)

Method to return the HTML attribute DIR=RTL when the language being used is a BiDi language.

Parameters:

language - A String representation of the current language setting.

Returns:

String

getAlignment

public static java.lang.String getAlignment(java.util.Locale l,
                                            java.lang.String alignment)

Method to return a left or right alignment value depending on whether the portal is being viewed in a BiDi language or not.

Parameters:

l - The locale object containing the current language setting.

alignment - String to specify whether the alignment should be right or left if HTML was viewed in a LTR language.

Returns:

String

getAlignment

public static java.lang.String getAlignment(java.lang.String language,
                                            java.lang.String alignment)

Method to return a left or right alignment value depending on whether the portal is being viewed in a BiDi language or not.

Parameters:

l - The locale object containing the current language setting.

alignment - String to specify whether the alignment should be right or left if HTML was viewed in a LTR language.

Returns:

String