implemented front page content management, finally wired up the user locale

and timezone default mechanism, and did some other bugfixing and stuff

src/com/silverwrist/util/LocaleFactory.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.util;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class LocaleFactory
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private LocaleFactory()
+  { // this object cannot be instantiated
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External static operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static Locale createLocale(String streq)
+  {
+    if ((streq==null) || (streq.length()==0))
+      return Locale.getDefault();
+    int p1 = streq.indexOf('_');
+    if (p1<0)
+      return new Locale(streq,"");
+    String x_lang = streq.substring(0,p1);
+    int p2 = streq.indexOf('_',p1+1);
+    if (p2<0)
+    { // there's only one underscore - figure out what part the last part is
+      String lastpart = streq.substring(p1+1);
+      if (lastpart.length()==2)
+	return new Locale(streq.substring(0,p1),lastpart);
+      else
+	return new Locale(streq.substring(0,p1),"",lastpart);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // do all three variants
+    return new Locale(streq.substring(0,p1),streq.substring(p1+1,p2),streq.substring(p2+1));
+
+  } // end createLocale
+
+} // end class LocaleFactory