Java Locale getDisplayName() Method

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Description

The Java Locale getDisplayName() 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 final String getDisplayName() 

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

NA

Java Locale getDisplayName(Locale inLocale) Method

Description

The Java 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

Getting Display Name for US Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getDisplayName() method. We're creating a locale of US and then its 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.US; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the name of this locale System.out.println("Name:" + locale.getDisplayName()); } } 

Output

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

 Locale1:en_US Name:English (United States) 

Getting Display Name for CANADA Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getDisplayName() method. We're creating a locale of Canada and then its 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.CANADA; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the name of this locale System.out.println("Name:" + locale.getDisplayName()); } } 

Output

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

 Locale1:en_CA Name:English (Canada) 

Getting Display Name for FRANCE, GERMANY Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getDisplayName(Locale) method. We're creating a locale of France and then name is retrieved using German Locale 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.FRANCE; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the name of this locale System.out.println("Name:" + locale.getDisplayName()); System.out.println("Name:" + locale.getDisplayName(Locale.GERMANY)); } } 

Output

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

 Locale1:fr_FR Name:French (France) Name:Franzsisch (Frankreich)