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QSystemLocale Class Reference

The QSystemLocale class can be used to finetune the system locale of the user. More...

 #include <QSystemLocale>

This class was introduced in Qt 4.2.

Public Types

enum QueryType { LanguageId, CountryId, DecimalPoint, GroupSeparator, ..., PMText }

Public Functions

QSystemLocale ()
virtual ~QSystemLocale ()
virtual QLocale fallbackLocale () const
virtual QVariant query ( QueryType type, QVariant in ) const

Detailed Description

The QSystemLocale class can be used to finetune the system locale of the user.

Warning: This class is only useful in very rare cases. Usually QLocale offers all the functionality required for application development.

QSystemLocale allows to override the values provided by the system locale (QLocale::system()).

See also QLocale.

Member Type Documentation

enum QSystemLocale::QueryType

Specifies the type of information queried by query(). For each value the type of information to return from the query() method is listed.

Constant Value Description
QSystemLocale::LanguageId 0 a uint specifying the language.
QSystemLocale::CountryId 1 a uint specifying the country.
QSystemLocale::DecimalPoint 2 a QString specifying the decimal point.
QSystemLocale::GroupSeparator 3 a QString specifying the group separator.
QSystemLocale::ZeroDigit 4 a QString specifying the zero digit.
QSystemLocale::NegativeSign 5 a QString specifying the minus sign.
QSystemLocale::PositiveSign 23 a QString specifying the plus sign.
QSystemLocale::DateFormatLong 6 a QString specifying the long date format
QSystemLocale::DateFormatShort 7 a QString specifying the short date format
QSystemLocale::TimeFormatLong 8 a QString specifying the long time format
QSystemLocale::TimeFormatShort 9 a QString specifying the short time format
QSystemLocale::DayNameLong 10 a QString specifying the name of a weekday. the in variant contains an integer between 1 and 7 (Monday - Sunday)
QSystemLocale::DayNameShort 11 a QString specifying the short name of a weekday. the in variant contains an integer between 1 and 7 (Monday - Sunday)
QSystemLocale::MonthNameLong 12 a QString specifying the name of a month. the in variant contains an integer between 1 and 12
QSystemLocale::MonthNameShort 13 a QString specifying the short name of a month. the in variant contains an integer between 1 and 12
QSystemLocale::DateToStringLong 14 converts the QDate stored in the in variant to a QString using the long date format
QSystemLocale::DateToStringShort 15 converts the QDate stored in the in variant to a QString using the short date format
QSystemLocale::TimeToStringLong 16 converts the QTime stored in the in variant to a QString using the long time format
QSystemLocale::TimeToStringShort 17 converts the QTime stored in the in variant to a QString using the short time format
QSystemLocale::DateTimeFormatLong 18 a QString specifying the long date time format
QSystemLocale::DateTimeFormatShort 19 a QString specifying the short date time format
QSystemLocale::DateTimeToStringLong 20 converts the QDateTime in the in variant to a QString using the long datetime format
QSystemLocale::DateTimeToStringShort 21 converts the QDateTime in the in variant to a QString using the short datetime format
QSystemLocale::MeasurementSystem 22 a QLocale::MeasurementSystem enum specifying the measurement system
QSystemLocale::AMText 24 a string that represents the system AM designator associated with a 12-hour clock.
QSystemLocale::PMText 25 a string that represents the system PM designator associated with a 12-hour clock.

Member Function Documentation

QSystemLocale::QSystemLocale ()

Constructs a QSystemLocale object. The constructor will automatically install this object as the system locale and remove any earlier installed system locales.

QSystemLocale::~QSystemLocale () [virtual]

Deletes the object.

QLocale QSystemLocale::fallbackLocale () const [virtual]

Returns the fallback locale obtained from the system.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

QVariant QSystemLocale::query ( QueryType type, QVariant in ) const [virtual]

Generic query method for locale data. Provides indirection. Denotes the type of the query with in as input data depending on the query.

See also QSystemLocale::QueryType.