org.axsl.common.i18n

Interface Country

public interface Country

A country code as defined by the ISO-3166 standard.

See Also:

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166", "http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html"

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAlpha2Code() Returns the two-character alpha code for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1.
java.lang.String	getAlpha3Code() Returns the three-character abbreviation for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1.
java.lang.String	getEnglishName() Optionally returns the English name of this country.
short	getNumericCode() Returns the numeric code for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1.
boolean	isValid() Indicates whether this country code is a valid country code or not.

Method Detail

getAlpha2Code

java.lang.String getAlpha2Code()

Returns the two-character alpha code for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1. Country codes always consist of uppercase characters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet ("A" through "Z").

Returns:

The two-character alpha code for this country.

getAlpha3Code

java.lang.String getAlpha3Code()

Returns the three-character abbreviation for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1. Country codes always consist of uppercase characters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet ("A" through "Z").

Returns:

The three-character abbreviation for this country.

getNumericCode

short getNumericCode()

Returns the numeric code for this country, as defined by ISO-3166-1.

Returns:

The numeric code for this country.

getEnglishName

java.lang.String getEnglishName()

Optionally returns the English name of this country.

Returns:

The English name of this country, or an empty String if this features is not supported.

isValid

boolean isValid()

Indicates whether this country code is a valid country code or not. Implementations may wish to create placeholder country codes that indicate that they have tried to obtain a country code and failed. Such placeholder instances should return false.

Returns:

True if and only if this country instance is valid.