http-accept-language

The accept-language header in request is usually a long complex string - Eg. Accept-Language : en-ca,en;q=0.8,en-us;q=0.6,de-de;q=0.4,de;q=0.2 Is there a simple way to parse it in java? Or a API to help me do that? Brett Kail I would suggest using ServletRequest.getLocales() to let the container parse Accept-Language rather than trying to manage the complexity yourself. Qiang Li For the record, now it is possible with Java 8 : Locale.LanguageRange.parse() Here's an alternative way to parse the Accept-Language header which doesn't require a servlet container: String header = "en-ca,en;q=0.8,en

i am testing pseudo-localization of a web-site. i can configure Internet Explorer to have custom accept languages: Click Tools , Internet Options On the General tab click Languages In the Language Preferences dialog click Add . Enter a user-defined language of qps-ploc (i.e. the Pseudo (Base) locale) Click OK Now when Internet Explorer issues an http request, the accept languages will lead with qpc-ploc : GET https://stackoverflow.com/ HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/x-ms-application, image/jpeg, application/xaml+xml, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-xbap, */* Accept-Language: qps-ploc,en