Java Calendar getAvailableLocales() Method

The getAvailableLocals() method of java.util.Calendar class returns an array of all locales available in java runtime environment. The array of locales contains locales for which localized Calendar instances are available. getAvailableLocals() method is a static method.

Syntax

Parameter

This method doesn't accept any parameter.

Returns

This method returns all available locales in java Runtime Environment in the form of an array.

Throws

This method doesn't throw any exception.

Example 1

import java.util.Locale;
public class JavaCalendargetavailablelocalsExample1 {
public static void main(String args[]) {
       // an object of local class called strlocal(array) is created 
       Locale[] strlocal = new Locale[5];

      // all available locals are accessed and stored in strlocal
      strlocal = Locale.getAvailableLocales();

      // print all available locals 
      System.out.println("The first 5 locales installed in runtime environment are :-\n");
      for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
         System.out.println(strlocal[i].getISO3Country());
        }
   }
}

Output:

The first 5 locales installed in runtime environment are :-
ARE
JOR
SYR
HRV
BEL

Example 2

import java.util.Locale;
public class JavaCalendargetavailablelocalsExample2 {
public static void main(String args[]) {
  // // an object of local class called lclarray(array) is created 
       Locale[] lclarray = new Locale[5];

      // all available locals are accessed and stored in strlocal
      lclarray = Locale.getAvailableLocales();

      // print the results
      System.out.println("The first 5 locales installed in runtime environment are :-\n");
      for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
          //here locals are printed without getISO3Country() method
         System.out.println(lclarray[i]);
      }
   }
}

Output:

The first 5 locales installed in runtime environment are :-
ar_AE
ar_JO
ar_SY
hr_HR
fr_BE

Example 3

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;
public class JavaCalendargetavailablelocalsExample3 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {	
		Locale[] alllocal = Calendar.getAvailableLocales();
		// print list of all available locals
		for(Locale locale:alllocal){
			System.out.println(locale);
	}
      }
}

Output:

ar_AE
ar_JO
ar_SY
hr_HR
fr_BE
es_PA
mt_MT
es_VE
bg
zh_TW
it
ko
uk
lv
da_DK
es_PR
vi_VN
en_US
//all other available locales on java runtime environment will also be printed as output

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