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fix(java): preserve script and extensions in LocaleSerializer (#3966) - #4123
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…#3966) The previous LocaleSerializer implementation only serialized language, country, and variant, losing locale script and extensions (such as Unicode BCP 47 extensions). In addition, LOCALE_CACHE suffered from an argument transposition bug where populateMap inserted keys as (country, language, variant) while read() queried (language, country, variant), resulting in a 100% cache miss rate and unnecessary heap allocations. - Update LocaleSerializer to serialize canonical IETF BCP 47 language tags via locale.toLanguageTag() and reconstruct via Locale.forLanguageTag(languageTag). - Refactor LOCALE_CACHE from Map<Tuple3<String, String, String>, Locale> to Map<String, Locale> keyed by languageTag, fixing the key order bug and eliminating Tuple3 object allocations. - Remove redundant manual fast-path branches in favor of unified O(1) cache lookup. - Add comprehensive regression tests in LocaleSerializerTest covering scripts, extensions, script+extension combinations, variants, cache identity, copy paths, and dynamic iteration over Locale.getAvailableLocales(). Closes apache#3966
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| public void write(WriteContext writeContext, Locale locale) { | ||
| writeContext.writeString(locale.toLanguageTag()); |
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toLanguageTag drops or rewrites locale fields that are not valid BCP 47, so locales like new Locale("en_US") or no_NO_NY come back different. Keep the three-field form for locales without script or extensions and use the tag only when they are present.
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Thanks for pointing this out @ayush00git, that's a great catch!
You're completely right — toLanguageTag() normalizes/rewrites legacy tags (like no_NO_NY -> nn-NO) and replaces ill-formed tags (like new Locale("en_US") -> "und"), which breaks round-trip fidelity for non-BCP-47 locales.
Here is the proposed design to resolve this:
- Dual Representation:
- Locales without script or extensions will retain the 3-field format (
language,country,variant) reconstructed vianew Locale(language, country, variant). - Locales with script or extensions (constructed via
Locale.Builder/forLanguageTag, which are guaranteed to follow BCP 47) will be serialized vialocale.toLanguageTag(). - A single boolean flag will distinguish between the two representations on the wire.
- Locales without script or extensions will retain the 3-field format (
- Zero-Allocation Singleton Resolution: Retain O(1) identity resolution for standard constants (
Locale.US,Locale.ROOT,Locale.GERMANY, etc.) without allocating intermediate tuple objects. - Tests:
- Remove the
no_NO_NYskip fromtestAvailableLocales(). - Add explicit regression tests for
new Locale("en_US")andnew Locale("no", "NO", "NY").
- Remove the
Does this approach look good to you, or would you like any adjustments or further improvements before I implement and push the changes?
Why?
Closes #3966.
The current Java
LocaleSerializeronly serializeslanguage,country, andvariant. It does not preserve:script(e.g.,zh-Hans-CN,sr-Latn-RS)extensions(e.g., Unicode BCP 47 extensions such asth-TH-u-nu-thai,ja-JP-u-ca-japanese)Additionally,
LOCALE_CACHEhad a field-order transposition defect:populateMap()inserted keys as(country, language, variant)read()queried keys as(language, country, variant)This caused a 100% cache miss rate for all pre-populated standard constants where country != language (e.g.
Locale.US,Locale.GERMANY,Locale.FRANCE), and allocated a newTuple3on every single deserialization call.What does this PR do?
Adopt Canonical IETF BCP 47 Language Tags:
LocaleSerializer.write()now writeslocale.toLanguageTag()viawriteContext.writeString().LocaleSerializer.read()reconstructs locales usingLocale.forLanguageTag(languageTag)(orLOCALE_CACHE.get(languageTag)).Refactor Cache to
Map<String, Locale>:Map<Tuple3<String, String, String>, Locale>withMap<String, Locale> LOCALE_CACHE.locale.toLanguageTag(), permanently eliminating the transposition defect.Tuple3object allocations entirely on deserialization reads.isSame(Locale.getDefault(), ...)etc.) in favor of unifiednew HashMap<>(createCacheMap())published to aprivate static finalfield under Java Memory Model constructor semantics.Comprehensive Regression Tests in
LocaleSerializerTest:US,CHINESE,ENGLISH,TRADITIONAL_CHINESE,CHINA,TAIWAN,getDefault()).ROOT,GERMANY,FRANCE.zh-Hans-CN,zh-Hant-TW,sr-Latn-RS,sr-Cyrl-RS,uz-Latn-UZ).th-TH-u-nu-thai,ja-JP-u-ca-japanese).zh-Hans-CN-u-nu-native).en_US_POSIX,en_US_WIN,ja_JP_JP,th_TH_TH).assertSameforUS,GERMANY,FRANCE,ROOT).testAvailableLocales()dynamically iterating over all available locales inLocale.getAvailableLocales().Related issues
Closes #3966
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Note:
LocaleSerializerwire representation changes from 3 strings (language,country,variant) to 1 string (languageTag). Payloads containingLocaleserialized with earlier versions cannot be read by this updated serializer.Benchmark
N/A (eliminates
Tuple3allocation and replaces 3 string reads/writes with 1 string read/write).