[SIS-78] Replace null locale by Locale.ROOT

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3
• Component/s: Utilities
• Assignee: Martin Desruisseaux
• Reporter: Martin Desruisseaux
• Created: 03/Feb/13 13:29
• Updated: 17/Jul/13 14:18
• Resolved: 08/Jun/13 04:10

Description

The various methods expecting a Locale argument interpret null value as a request for "unlocalized" data. This is a legacy from pre-Java 6 days. But since Java 6, a new constant can be used for unlocalized data: Locale.ROOT. We should replace all null locales by Locale.ROOT. We should also consider not accepting anymore null locale argument in most methods, except maybe the following ones (because widely used):

• IndexedResourceBundle.getResources(Locale)
• InternationalString.toString(Locale)