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   Re: SAX 1.0beta: Three bugs so far

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  • From: Chris Maden <crism@ora.com>
  • To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
  • Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:41:17 -0400 (EDT)

[David Megginson]

> BUG #2: Parser.setLocale takes only one String argument
> 
>    As will quickly become apparent, I am not an expert in
>    localisation.  I have discovered that localisation requires both
>    a language code _and_ a country code, so I have changed the
>    interface prototype to
> 
>      public abstract void setLocale (String language, String country)
>        throws SAXException;
> 
>    Does this look correct?  Would people prefer that I use the
>    java.util.Locale class?

I think a single string, or unspecified parts, would be better.  XML
allows RFC 1766 language identifiers, which can include i-cherokee and
x-klingon.  The language-country form is only one class of valid
language identifier.

-Chris
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