eZ publish Enterprise Component: Locale, Requirements
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:Author:   Derick Rethans
:Revision: $Revision: $
:Date:     $Date: $

Introduction
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Description
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This class uses the default locale, or the one passed in the constructor, to
format numbers, dates and currencies.

Current implementation
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In the current implementation, there are locale definition files defining all
the different aspects of a locale, such as weekday names, formatting rules etc.
These locale definition files are read, and applied with several classes.

Requirements
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The component should deliver a wide range of formatting aids for localized data.

Design goals
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As there are a lot of different locales, definining them by hand in locale
definition files is hardeous work. In the design of this component we then also
want to make use of the Locale functionality that PHP offers through the ICU
database to leverage a multitude of locale definitions.