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lib: add navigator.language & navigator.languages
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doc/api/globals.md

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console.log(`This process is running on ${navigator.hardwareConcurrency} logical processors`);
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### `navigator.language`
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<!-- YAML
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added: REPLACEME
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-->
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* {string}
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The `navigator.language` read-only property returns a string representing the
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preferred language of the Node.js instance.
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The value is representing the language version as defined in RFC <5646>.
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The default value is `'en-US'`.
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```js
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console.log(`The preferred language of the Node.js instance has the tag '${navigator.language}'`);
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```
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### `navigator.languages`
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<!-- YAML
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added: REPLACEME
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-->
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* {Array<string>}
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The `navigator.languages` read-only property returns an array of strings
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representing the preferred languages of the Node.js instance.
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The default value is `['en-US']`.
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```js
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console.log(`The preferred languages are '${navigator.language}'`);
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```
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### `navigator.userAgent`
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<!-- YAML

lib/internal/navigator.js

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const {
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ObjectDefineProperties,
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ObjectFreeze,
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Symbol,
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} = primordials;
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// Private properties are used to avoid brand validations.
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#availableParallelism;
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#userAgent = `Node.js/${nodeVersion.slice(1, nodeVersion.indexOf('.'))}`;
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#language = 'en-US';
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#languages = ObjectFreeze(['en-US']);
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constructor() {
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if (arguments[0] === kInitialize) {
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return this.#availableParallelism;
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}
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/**
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* @return {string}
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*/
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get language() {
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return this.#language;
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}
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/**
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* @return {Array<string>}
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*/
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get languages() {
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return this.#languages;
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}
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/**
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* @return {string}
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*/
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ObjectDefineProperties(Navigator.prototype, {
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hardwareConcurrency: kEnumerableProperty,
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language: kEnumerableProperty,
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languages: kEnumerableProperty,
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userAgent: kEnumerableProperty,
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});
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test/parallel/test-navigator.js

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assert.ok(navigator.hardwareConcurrency > 0);
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assert.strictEqual(typeof navigator.userAgent, 'string');
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assert.match(navigator.userAgent, /^Node\.js\/\d+$/);
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assert.strictEqual(typeof navigator.language, 'string');
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.language, 'en-US');
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assert.ok(Array.isArray(navigator.languages));
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.languages.length, 1);
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assert.strictEqual(typeof navigator.languages[0], 'string');
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assert.throws(() => {
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navigator.languages[0] = 'foo';
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}, new TypeError("Cannot assign to read only property '0' of object '[object Array]'"));
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assert.notStrictEqual(navigator.languages[0], 'foo');
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.languages[0], 'en-US');
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Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'language', { value: 'de-DE' });
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.language, 'de-DE');
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.languages.length, 1);
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assert.strictEqual(navigator.languages[0], 'en-US');

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