Java Locale getDisplayScript() Method

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Description

The Java Locale getDisplayScript() method returns a name for the locale's script that is appropriate for display to the user. If possible, the name will be localized for the default DISPLAY locale. It returns the empty string if this locale doesn't specify a script code.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Locale.getDisplayScript() method

public final String getDisplayScript()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the display name of the script code for the current default DISPLAY locale.

Exception

NA

Java Locale getDisplayScript(Locale inLocale) Method

Description

The Java Locale getDisplayScript(Locale inLocale) method returns a name for the locale's script that is appropriate for display to the user. If possible, the name will be localized for the given locale. It returns the empty string if this locale doesn't specify a script code.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Locale.getDisplayScript() method

public String getDisplayScript(Locale inLocale)

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the display name of the script code for the current default DISPLAY locale.

Exception

NullPointerException − if inLocale is null

Getting Display Script for a Given Language Tag Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getDisplayScript() methods. We're creating a locale and then its script name is retrieved and printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Locale;

public class LocaleDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new locale
      Locale locale = Locale.forLanguageTag("zh-Hans-CN");

      // print this locale
      System.out.println("Locale:" + locale);

      // print the name of this locale
      System.out.println("Script Name:" + locale.getDisplayScript());
	  System.out.println("Script Name:" + locale.getDisplayScript( Locale.forLanguageTag("und-a-xx-yy-b-zz-ww")));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Locale:zh_CN_#Hans
Script Name:Simplified
Script Name:Simplified Han