Note

A note from the author:

The javagalician library was developed and published in 2009. However, the inclusion of the "gl" locale in JDK 11 made this library obsolete. The library previously existed as org.javagalician packages in the javagalician GitHub organization but was moved to be under the Arxila OSS umbrella in order to group it with other small projects created by @danielfernandez.

This library is no longer maintained, but it is kept here for historical reference. A lot of effort went into it back in the day, and I wouldn't want to just delete it. Please look at it the same way you would look at an artifact in a museum. :)

javagalician

javagalician is an extension for the Java Virtual Machine that adds support for the Galician locales (gl, gl_ES).

It adds the gl and gl_ES locales to the Java Virtual Machine, which will allow you to format dates and numbers, order words and do all Java locale-specific actions in Galician.

javagalician is open-source and distributed under the Apache License 2.0.

Requirements

javagalician requires Java 6 or higher. It is not required from JDK 11 onwards.

Maven Info

Library dependency: io.arxila.javagalician:javagalician:{version}

From Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.arxila.javagalician</groupId>
  <artifactId>javagalician</artifactId>
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Installation

1. Checking the status of your current VM's Galician localization

Once you have downloaded the javagalician distribution zip file and uncompressed it, cd into the distribution directory where the two jar files (javagalician and javagalician-check) are and execute the checks:

java -cp javagalician-{version}.jar io.arxila.javagalician.check.Check

This will tell you the current status of your VM regarding Galician localization and whether the gl and gl_ES locales are available.

2. Installing

2.1. Installing permanently into your JVM

For installing JAVAGALICIAN, copy the javagalician-{version}.jar file into your Java virtual machine's extension folder:

• For a Java JDK: $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext
• For a Java JRE: $JAVA_HOME/lib/ext
• For an Apple Java JDK/JRE in Mac OS X: /Library/Java/Extensions

2.2. Specifying as parameter on VM start

If you prefer not to install the JAVAGALICIAN file into your VM's folder, you can copy it into any other folder and specify it as a VM parameter:

  $ java -Djava.ext.dirs=$MY_EXTENSIONS_DIR ...

3. Post-installation checks

After installing, execute the checks again, as explained above. Everything should be OK, and you should receive output similar to this:

==================================
 JAVAGALICIAN LOCALE CHECKS
==================================
Checking environment...
  > Checking Java version: [1.6.0_11]  [OK]
Available locales are: [ja_JP, es_PE, en, ja_JP_JP, es_PA, sr_BA, mk, es_GT, ar_AE, no_NO, sq_AL, bg, ar_IQ, ar_YE, hu, pt_PT, el_CY, ar_QA, mk_MK, sv, de_CH, en_US, fi_FI, is, cs, en_MT, sl_SI, sk_SK, it, tr_TR, zh, th, ar_SA, no, en_GB, sr_CS, lt, ro, en_NZ, no_NO_NY, lt_LT, es_NI, nl, ga_IE, fr_BE, es_ES, ar_LB, ko, fr_CA, et_EE, ar_KW, sr_RS, gl, es_US, es_MX, ar_SD, in_ID, ru, lv, es_UY, lv_LV, iw, pt_BR, ar_SY, hr, et, es_DO, fr_CH, hi_IN, es_VE, gl_ES, ar_BH, en_PH, ar_TN, fi, de_AT, es, nl_NL, es_EC, zh_TW, ar_JO, be, is_IS, es_CO, es_CR, es_CL, ar_EG, en_ZA, th_TH, el_GR, it_IT, ca, hu_HU, fr, en_IE, uk_UA, pl_PL, fr_LU, nl_BE, en_IN, ca_ES, ar_MA, es_BO, en_AU, sr, zh_SG, pt, uk, es_SV, ru_RU, ko_KR, vi, ar_DZ, vi_VN, sr_ME, sq, ar_LY, ar, zh_CN, be_BY, zh_HK, ja, iw_IL, bg_BG, in, mt_MT, es_PY, sl, fr_FR, cs_CZ, it_CH, ro_RO, es_PR, en_CA, de_DE, ga, de_LU, de, es_AR, sk, ms_MY, hr_HR, en_SG, da, mt, pl, ar_OM, tr, th_TH_TH, el, ms, sv_SE, da_DK, es_HN]

----------------------------------
 Checking: gl
----------------------------------

Checking date formatting...
  > Checking full date format: [xoves 31 de decembro de 2009 23H59' CET]  [OK]
  > Checking long date format: [31 de decembro de 2009 23:59:59 CET]  [OK]
  > Checking medium date format: [31-dec-2009 23:59:59]  [OK]
  > Checking short date format: [31/12/09 23:59]  [OK]
---
Checking number formatting...
  > Checking decimal number format: [23.124.213,456]  [OK]
  > Checking currency format: [23.124.213,46 €]  [OK]
---
Checking collation...
  > Checking word order: [atómico, átomo, atónito, átono]  [OK]
---
Checking locale naming...
  > Checking country names: [Arxentina, Alemaña, Noruega]  [OK]
  > Checking language names: [castelán, alemán, noruegués]  [OK]
---
Checking Time Zone naming...
  > Checking timezone names: [Hora de verán de Europa Central]  [OK]

----------------------------------
 Checking: gl_ES
----------------------------------

Checking date formatting...
  > Checking full date format: [xoves 31 de decembro de 2009 23H59' CET]  [OK]
  > Checking long date format: [31 de decembro de 2009 23:59:59 CET]  [OK]
  > Checking medium date format: [31-dec-2009 23:59:59]  [OK]
  > Checking short date format: [31/12/09 23:59]  [OK]
---
Checking number formatting...
  > Checking decimal number format: [23.124.213,456]  [OK]
  > Checking currency format: [23.124.213,46 €]  [OK]
---
Checking collation...
  > Checking word order: [atómico, átomo, atónito, átono]  [OK]
---
Checking locale naming...
  > Checking country names: [Arxentina, Alemaña, Noruega]  [OK]
  > Checking language names: [castelán, alemán, noruegués]  [OK]
---
Checking Time Zone naming...
  > Checking timezone names: [Hora de verán de Europa Central]  [OK]


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GALICIAN LOCALE gl AVAILABLE AND CORRECT
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GALICIAN LOCALE gl_ES AVAILABLE AND CORRECT
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