JavaServer Pages, Second Edition

Name

<fmt:setLocale>

Synopsis

The <fmt:setLocale> action sets the locale configuration variable, establishing the locale for all other JSTL actions that rely on a locale, disabling the locale lookup based on user preferences.

Syntax

<fmt:setLocale value="locale" [variant="variant"]
  [scope="page|request|session|application"] />

Attributes

Attributename	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	Description
value	String or java.util.Locale	Yes	The locale. If set as a String, it must be an ISO-639 language code, optionally followed by an ISO-3166 country code and separated by a hyphen or an underscore character.
variant	String	Yes	A locale variant, see java.util.Locale for details.
scope	String	No	The configuration variable scope.

Example

<fmt:setLocale value="en-US" />