user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/LocalizedNames.java

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package com.google.gwt.i18n.client;

/**
 * Provides an API for obtaining localized names for a locale.
 */
public interface LocalizedNames {

  /**
   * @return a possibly empty array of region codes, ordered by the literate
   *     population speaking the language of this locale.
   */
  String[] getLikelyRegionCodes();
  
  /**
   * Get the localized name of a given region in this locale.
   * 
   * @param regionCode
   * @return localized name
   */
  String getRegionName(String regionCode);

  /**
   * @return an array of region codes of currently valid countries, ordered
   *         according to the collating order of this locale.
   */
  String[] getSortedRegionCodes();
}