setLocale()

The setLocale() method is used to set and get the preferred language for the Payment Element or Vaulting Element UI.

Method signature

Java

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public void setLocale(Locale locale)

Parameters

Parameter

Data type

Required

Description

locale

String

No

Preferred language. Composed of a language code (ISO-639) and country code (ISO-3166) connected by an underscore, for example, new Locale("en", "US").

Valid values are:

  • en_US: Default value. English
  • pt_BR: Portuguese (Brazil)
  • pt_PT: Portuguese
  • es_ES: Spanish
  • ko_KR: Korean
  • zh_CN: Simplified Chinese
  • zh_HK: Traditional Chinese
  • ms_MY: Malay
  • in_ID: Indonesian
  • th_TH: Thai
  • vi_VN: Vietnamese
  • tl_PH: Filipino
  • it_IT: Italian
  • de_DE: German
  • fr_FR: French
  • nl_NL: Dutch
  • ja_JP: Japanese
  • ro: Romanian
  • pl_PL: Polish
  • ar_SA: Arabic
  • tr_TR: Turkish
  • hi_IN: Hindi

Note: If no value is passed or the language value passed is not within the above range, the system will default to using English.

Return value

Returns the currently configured language.