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package com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.opc.customerrelations.ejb;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * 
 */
public class LocaleUtil {


  public static Locale getLocaleFromString(String localeString) {
    if (localeString == null) return null;
    if (localeString.toLowerCase().equals("default")) return Locale.getDefault();
    int languageIndex = localeString.indexOf('_');
    if (languageIndex  == -1) return null;
    int countryIndex = localeString.indexOf('_', languageIndex +1);
    String country = null;
    if (countryIndex  == -1) {
      if (localeString.length() > languageIndex) {
        country = localeString.substring(languageIndex +1, localeString.length());
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    }
    int variantIndex = -1;
    if (countryIndex != -1) countryIndex = localeString.indexOf('_', countryIndex +1);
    String language = localeString.substring(0, languageIndex);
    String variant = null;
    if (variantIndex  != -1) {
      variant = localeString.substring(variantIndex +1, localeString.length());
    }
    if (variant != null) {
      return new Locale(language, country, variant);
    } else {
      return new Locale(language, country);
    }
        
  }

}