Package eu.bandm.tools.muli

Class FlagByLanguageCode

java.lang.Object

eu.bandm.tools.muli.FlagByLanguageCode

public class FlagByLanguageCode
extends Object

Utility class to deliver flag icons for a particular language. Nearly all national flag icons are by FamFamFam http:famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags (Mark James) Offline since 2023-11 Now at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Famfamfam_flag_icons License is "BY", as on https://github.com/markjames/famfamfam-flgg-icons, so there should a credit go. These are pngs with "16 * 11" size.

The "world" flag is taken from openstreetmap and has originally 18 x 18 . Coloured version by us, 18 x 16.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ImageIcon	imageIcon(String languageCode)	Deliver an ImageIcon which can represent in a graphic user interface the given language, if such an Icon is present.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

imageIcon

public static ImageIcon imageIcon(String languageCode)

Deliver an ImageIcon which can represent in a graphic user interface the given language, if such an Icon is present. The sice of the icon is currently limited to "PNG image data, 16 x 11, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced".

Parameters:

languageCode - an icon is searched for.

Returns:

an icon to symbolize the selected language.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when no flag is known.