001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.service; 016 017import java.util.Locale; 018 019/** 020 * The hivemind.ThreadLocale service is intrinsic to HiveMind; its a threaded service for storing 021 * the locale for the <em>current</em> thread (it uses the threaded service). 022 * 023 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 024 * @since 1.1 025 */ 026public interface ThreadLocale 027{ 028 /** 029 * Changes the locale from the default. 030 */ 031 032 public void setLocale(Locale locale); 033 034 /** 035 * Returns the current locale. Initially, this is the 036 * {@link org.apache.hivemind.Registry#getLocale()} default locale. This may be changed for a 037 * thread. 038 */ 039 040 public Locale getLocale(); 041}