org.golibri.iso
Class Alpha2LanguageCode

java.lang.Object
  org.golibri.iso.Alpha2LanguageCode

public final class Alpha2LanguageCode

extends java.lang.Object

The Alpha2LanguageCode class represents alpha-2 language codes as specified by the ISO 639 Standard. Alpha2LanguageCode objects can be created with a String parameter and are immutable. To create an Alpha2LanguageCode object and check whether it exists conform the ISO 639 Standard one can use the factory method getAlpha2LanguageCode(String) from org.golibri.iso.Alpha2LanguageCodes. The Alpha2LanguageCode class is for working specifically with alpha-2 language codes specified by the ISO 639 Standard. The preferred way to represent currencies is with org.golibri.common.Language.

See Also:

Alpha2LanguageCodes, Language

Constructor Summary

Alpha2LanguageCode(java.lang.String alpha2LanguageCode)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.String	getAlpha2LanguageCode() Returns the alpha-2 language code as a String
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Alpha2LanguageCode

public Alpha2LanguageCode(java.lang.String alpha2LanguageCode)

Constructor. The String parameter should contain a well-formatted language code. A well-formatted language code consists of exactly 3 alphanumeric characters.

Parameters:

alpha2LanguageCode - String parameter containing the language code

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the parameter alpha2LanguageCode is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the parameter alpha2LanguageCode is not well-formatted

Method Detail

getAlpha2LanguageCode

public java.lang.String getAlpha2LanguageCode()

Returns the alpha-2 language code as a String

Returns:

The alpha-2 language code

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

See Also:

Object.toString()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)