Java.util.Locale.getDisplayName() Method

Description

The java.util.Locale.getDisplayName(Locale inLocale) method returns a name for the locale that is appropriate for display to the user. This will be the values returned by getDisplayLanguage(), getDisplayCountry(), and getDisplayVariant() assembled into a single string.

Declaration

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

public String getDisplayName(Locale inLocale)

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

NullPointerException − if inLocale is null

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Locale.getDisplayName() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

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

      // create a new locale
      Locale locale = new Locale("ENGLISH", "US");

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

      // print display name for locale - based on inLocale
      System.out.println("Name:"
         + locale.getDisplayName(new Locale("GERMAN", "GERMANY")));
   }
}

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

Locale:english_US
Name:english (United States)