001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.context.i18n; 018 019import java.util.Locale; 020 021/** 022 * Strategy interface for determining the current Locale. 023 * 024 * <p>A LocaleContext instance can be associated with a thread 025 * via the LocaleContextHolder class. 026 * 027 * @author Juergen Hoeller 028 * @since 1.2 029 * @see LocaleContextHolder#getLocale() 030 * @see TimeZoneAwareLocaleContext 031 */ 032public interface LocaleContext { 033 034 /** 035 * Return the current Locale, which can be fixed or determined dynamically, 036 * depending on the implementation strategy. 037 * @return the current Locale, or {@code null} if no specific Locale associated 038 */ 039 Locale getLocale(); 040 041}