How do I set the default locale in the JVM?

Question

I want to set the default Locale for my JVM to fr_CA. What are the possible options to do this?

I know of only one option Locale.setD

Answer 1

You can enforce VM arguments for a JAR file with the following code:

import java.io.File;
import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class JVMArgumentEnforcer
{
    private String argument;

    public JVMArgumentEnforcer(String argument)
    {
        this.argument = argument;
    }

    public static long getTotalPhysicalMemory()
    {
        com.sun.management.OperatingSystemMXBean bean =
                (com.sun.management.OperatingSystemMXBean)
                        java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();
        return bean.getTotalPhysicalMemorySize();
    }

    public static boolean isUsing64BitJavaInstallation()
    {
        String bitVersion = System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model");

        return bitVersion.equals("64");
    }

    private boolean hasTargetArgument()
    {
        RuntimeMXBean runtimeMXBean = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
        List inputArguments = runtimeMXBean.getInputArguments();

        return inputArguments.contains(argument);
    }

    public void forceArgument() throws Exception
    {
        if (!hasTargetArgument())
        {
            // This won't work from IDEs
            if (JARUtilities.isRunningFromJARFile())
            {
                // Supply the desired argument
                restartApplication();
            } else
            {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Please supply the VM argument with your IDE: " + argument);
            }
        }
    }

    private void restartApplication() throws Exception
    {
        String javaBinary = getJavaBinaryPath();
        ArrayList command = new ArrayList<>();
        command.add(javaBinary);
        command.add("-jar");
        command.add(argument);
        String currentJARFilePath = JARUtilities.getCurrentJARFilePath();
        command.add(currentJARFilePath);

        ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
        processBuilder.start();

        // Kill the current process
        System.exit(0);
    }

    private String getJavaBinaryPath()
    {
        return System.getProperty("java.home")
                + File.separator + "bin"
                + File.separator + "java";
    }

    public static class JARUtilities
    {
        static boolean isRunningFromJARFile() throws URISyntaxException
        {
            File currentJarFile = getCurrentJARFile();

            return currentJarFile.getName().endsWith(".jar");
        }

        static String getCurrentJARFilePath() throws URISyntaxException
        {
            File currentJarFile = getCurrentJARFile();

            return currentJarFile.getPath();
        }

        private static File getCurrentJARFile() throws URISyntaxException
        {
            return new File(JVMArgumentEnforcer.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI());
        }
    }
}

It is used as follows:

JVMArgumentEnforcer jvmArgumentEnforcer = new JVMArgumentEnforcer("-Duser.language=pt-BR"); // For example
jvmArgumentEnforcer.forceArgument();