--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/software/eXist/mpdl-modules/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/berlin/mpdl/lt/general/Language.java	Wed Nov 24 17:24:23 2010 +0100
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+package de.mpg.mpiwg.berlin.mpdl.lt.general;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class Language {
+  private static Language instance;
+  private static HashMap<String, String> languageIds = new HashMap<String, String>();
+  
+  public static Language getInstance() {
+    if (instance == null) {
+      instance = new Language();
+      instance.init();
+    }
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  private void init() {
+    languageIds.put("ar", "ar");
+    languageIds.put("de", "de");
+    languageIds.put("el", "el");
+    languageIds.put("grc", "el");
+    languageIds.put("en", "en");
+    languageIds.put("fr", "fr");
+    languageIds.put("it", "it");
+    languageIds.put("la", "la");
+    languageIds.put("lat", "la");
+    languageIds.put("nl", "nl");
+    languageIds.put("zh", "zh");
+  }
+  
+  public String getLanguageId(String language) {
+    if (language == null)
+      return null;
+    String retLanguageId = null;
+    retLanguageId = languageIds.get(language);
+    return retLanguageId;
+  }
+}
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