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+import type { Category } from "../Locale.Category";
+
+import type { String } from "../../lang/String";
+
+import type { Set } from "../Set";
+import type { Object } from "../../lang/Object";
+
+import type { List } from "../List";
+import type { Collection } from "../Collection";
+import type { FilteringMode } from "../Locale.FilteringMode";
+import type { Cloneable } from "../../lang/Cloneable";
+import type { Serializable } from "../../io/Serializable";
+
+/**
+ * A <code>Locale</code> object represents a specific geographical, political,
+ *  or cultural region. An operation that requires a <code>Locale</code> to perform
+ *  its task is called <em>locale-sensitive</em> and uses the <code>Locale</code>
+ *  to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number
+ *  is a locale-sensitive operation&mdash; the number should be formatted
+ *  according to the customs and conventions of the user's native country,
+ *  region, or culture.
+ *
+ *  <p> The {@code Locale} class implements IETF BCP 47 which is composed of
+ *  <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4647">RFC 4647 "Matching of Language
+ *  Tags"</a> and <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646">RFC 5646 "Tags
+ *  for Identifying Languages"</a> with support for the LDML (UTS#35, "Unicode
+ *  Locale Data Markup Language") BCP 47-compatible extensions for locale data
+ *  exchange.
+ *
+ *  <p> A <code>Locale</code> object logically consists of the fields
+ *  described below.
+ *
+ *  <dl>
+ *    <dt><a name="def_language"><b>language</b></a></dt>
+ *
+ *    <dd>ISO 639 alpha-2 or alpha-3 language code, or registered
+ *    language subtags up to 8 alpha letters (for future enhancements).
+ *    When a language has both an alpha-2 code and an alpha-3 code, the
+ *    alpha-2 code must be used.  You can find a full list of valid
+ *    language codes in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for
+ *    "Type: language").  The language field is case insensitive, but
+ *    <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to lower case.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Well-formed language values have the form
+ *    <code>[a-zA-Z]{2,8}</code>.  Note that this is not the the full
+ *    BCP47 language production, since it excludes extlang.  They are
+ *    not needed since modern three-letter language codes replace
+ *    them.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Example: "en" (English), "ja" (Japanese), "kok" (Konkani)</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dt><a name="def_script"><b>script</b></a></dt>
+ *
+ *    <dd>ISO 15924 alpha-4 script code.  You can find a full list of
+ *    valid script codes in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search
+ *    for "Type: script").  The script field is case insensitive, but
+ *    <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to title case (the first
+ *    letter is upper case and the rest of the letters are lower
+ *    case).</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Well-formed script values have the form
+ *    <code>[a-zA-Z]{4}</code></dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Example: "Latn" (Latin), "Cyrl" (Cyrillic)</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dt><a name="def_region"><b>country (region)</b></a></dt>
+ *
+ *    <dd>ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code or UN M.49 numeric-3 area code.
+ *    You can find a full list of valid country and region codes in the
+ *    IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for "Type: region").  The
+ *    country (region) field is case insensitive, but
+ *    <code>Locale</code> always canonicalizes to upper case.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Well-formed country/region values have
+ *    the form <code>[a-zA-Z]{2} | [0-9]{3}</code></dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Example: "US" (United States), "FR" (France), "029"
+ *    (Caribbean)</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dt><a name="def_variant"><b>variant</b></a></dt>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Any arbitrary value used to indicate a variation of a
+ *    <code>Locale</code>.  Where there are two or more variant values
+ *    each indicating its own semantics, these values should be ordered
+ *    by importance, with most important first, separated by
+ *    underscore('_').  The variant field is case sensitive.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Note: IETF BCP 47 places syntactic restrictions on variant
+ *    subtags.  Also BCP 47 subtags are strictly used to indicate
+ *    additional variations that define a language or its dialects that
+ *    are not covered by any combinations of language, script and
+ *    region subtags.  You can find a full list of valid variant codes
+ *    in the IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for "Type: variant").
+ *
+ *    <p>However, the variant field in <code>Locale</code> has
+ *    historically been used for any kind of variation, not just
+ *    language variations.  For example, some supported variants
+ *    available in Java SE Runtime Environments indicate alternative
+ *    cultural behaviors such as calendar type or number script.  In
+ *    BCP 47 this kind of information, which does not identify the
+ *    language, is supported by extension subtags or private use
+ *    subtags.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Well-formed variant values have the form <code>SUBTAG
+ *    (('_'|'-') SUBTAG)*</code> where <code>SUBTAG =
+ *    [0-9][0-9a-zA-Z]{3} | [0-9a-zA-Z]{5,8}</code>. (Note: BCP 47 only
+ *    uses hyphen ('-') as a delimiter, this is more lenient).</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Example: "polyton" (Polytonic Greek), "POSIX"</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dt><a name="def_extensions"><b>extensions</b></a></dt>
+ *
+ *    <dd>A map from single character keys to string values, indicating
+ *    extensions apart from language identification.  The extensions in
+ *    <code>Locale</code> implement the semantics and syntax of BCP 47
+ *    extension subtags and private use subtags. The extensions are
+ *    case insensitive, but <code>Locale</code> canonicalizes all
+ *    extension keys and values to lower case. Note that extensions
+ *    cannot have empty values.</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Well-formed keys are single characters from the set
+ *    <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]</code>.  Well-formed values have the form
+ *    <code>SUBTAG ('-' SUBTAG)*</code> where for the key 'x'
+ *    <code>SUBTAG = [0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8}</code> and for other keys
+ *    <code>SUBTAG = [0-9a-zA-Z]{2,8}</code> (that is, 'x' allows
+ *    single-character subtags).</dd>
+ *
+ *    <dd>Example: key="u"/value="ca-japanese" (Japanese Calendar),
+ *    key="x"/value="java-1-7"</dd>
+ *  </dl>
+ *
+ *  <b>Note:</b> Although BCP 47 requires field values to be registered
+ *  in the IANA Language Subtag Registry, the <code>Locale</code> class
+ *  does not provide any validation features.  The <code>Builder</code>
+ *  only checks if an individual field satisfies the syntactic
+ *  requirement (is well-formed), but does not validate the value
+ *  itself.  See {@link Builder} for details.
+ *
+ *  <h3><a name="def_locale_extension">Unicode locale/language extension</a></h3>
+ *
+ *  <p>UTS#35, "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language" defines optional
+ *  attributes and keywords to override or refine the default behavior
+ *  associated with a locale.  A keyword is represented by a pair of
+ *  key and type.  For example, "nu-thai" indicates that Thai local
+ *  digits (value:"thai") should be used for formatting numbers
+ *  (key:"nu").
+ *
+ *  <p>The keywords are mapped to a BCP 47 extension value using the
+ *  extension key 'u' ({@link #UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION}).  The above
+ *  example, "nu-thai", becomes the extension "u-nu-thai".code
+ *
+ *  <p>Thus, when a <code>Locale</code> object contains Unicode locale
+ *  attributes and keywords,
+ *  <code>getExtension(UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION)</code> will return a
+ *  String representing this information, for example, "nu-thai".  The
+ *  <code>Locale</code> class also provides {@link
+ *  #getUnicodeLocaleAttributes}, {@link #getUnicodeLocaleKeys}, and
+ *  {@link #getUnicodeLocaleType} which allow you to access Unicode
+ *  locale attributes and key/type pairs directly.  When represented as
+ *  a string, the Unicode Locale Extension lists attributes
+ *  alphabetically, followed by key/type sequences with keys listed
+ *  alphabetically (the order of subtags comprising a key's type is
+ *  fixed when the type is defined)
+ *
+ *  <p>A well-formed locale key has the form
+ *  <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{2}</code>.  A well-formed locale type has the
+ *  form <code>"" | [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8} ('-' [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8})*</code> (it
+ *  can be empty, or a series of subtags 3-8 alphanums in length).  A
+ *  well-formed locale attribute has the form
+ *  <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8}</code> (it is a single subtag with the same
+ *  form as a locale type subtag).
+ *
+ *  <p>The Unicode locale extension specifies optional behavior in
+ *  locale-sensitive services.  Although the LDML specification defines
+ *  various keys and values, actual locale-sensitive service
+ *  implementations in a Java Runtime Environment might not support any
+ *  particular Unicode locale attributes or key/type pairs.
+ *
+ *  <h4>Creating a Locale</h4>
+ *
+ *  <p>There are several different ways to create a <code>Locale</code>
+ *  object.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Builder</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>Using {@link Builder} you can construct a <code>Locale</code> object
+ *  that conforms to BCP 47 syntax.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Constructors</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The <code>Locale</code> class provides three constructors:
+ *  <blockquote>
+ *  <pre>
+ *      {@link #Locale(String language)}
+ *      {@link #Locale(String language, String country)}
+ *      {@link #Locale(String language, String country, String variant)}
+ *  </pre>
+ *  </blockquote>
+ *  These constructors allow you to create a <code>Locale</code> object
+ *  with language, country and variant, but you cannot specify
+ *  script or extensions.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Factory Methods</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The method {@link #forLanguageTag} creates a <code>Locale</code>
+ *  object for a well-formed BCP 47 language tag.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Locale Constants</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The <code>Locale</code> class provides a number of convenient constants
+ *  that you can use to create <code>Locale</code> objects for commonly used
+ *  locales. For example, the following creates a <code>Locale</code> object
+ *  for the United States:
+ *  <blockquote>
+ *  <pre>
+ *      Locale.US
+ *  </pre>
+ *  </blockquote>
+ *
+ *  <h4><a name="LocaleMatching">Locale Matching</a></h4>
+ *
+ *  <p>If an application or a system is internationalized and provides localized
+ *  resources for multiple locales, it sometimes needs to find one or more
+ *  locales (or language tags) which meet each user's specific preferences. Note
+ *  that a term "language tag" is used interchangeably with "locale" in this
+ *  locale matching documentation.
+ *
+ *  <p>In order to do matching a user's preferred locales to a set of language
+ *  tags, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4647">RFC 4647 Matching of
+ *  Language Tags</a> defines two mechanisms: filtering and lookup.
+ *  <em>Filtering</em> is used to get all matching locales, whereas
+ *  <em>lookup</em> is to choose the best matching locale.
+ *  Matching is done case-insensitively. These matching mechanisms are described
+ *  in the following sections.
+ *
+ *  <p>A user's preference is called a <em>Language Priority List</em> and is
+ *  expressed as a list of language ranges. There are syntactically two types of
+ *  language ranges: basic and extended. See
+ *  {@link Locale.LanguageRange Locale.LanguageRange} for details.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Filtering</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The filtering operation returns all matching language tags. It is defined
+ *  in RFC 4647 as follows:
+ *  "In filtering, each language range represents the least specific language
+ *  tag (that is, the language tag with fewest number of subtags) that is an
+ *  acceptable match. All of the language tags in the matching set of tags will
+ *  have an equal or greater number of subtags than the language range. Every
+ *  non-wildcard subtag in the language range will appear in every one of the
+ *  matching language tags."
+ *
+ *  <p>There are two types of filtering: filtering for basic language ranges
+ *  (called "basic filtering") and filtering for extended language ranges
+ *  (called "extended filtering"). They may return different results by what
+ *  kind of language ranges are included in the given Language Priority List.
+ *  {@link Locale.FilteringMode} is a parameter to specify how filtering should
+ *  be done.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Lookup</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The lookup operation returns the best matching language tags. It is
+ *  defined in RFC 4647 as follows:
+ *  "By contrast with filtering, each language range represents the most
+ *  specific tag that is an acceptable match.  The first matching tag found,
+ *  according to the user's priority, is considered the closest match and is the
+ *  item returned."
+ *
+ *  <p>For example, if a Language Priority List consists of two language ranges,
+ *  {@code "zh-Hant-TW"} and {@code "en-US"}, in prioritized order, lookup
+ *  method progressively searches the language tags below in order to find the
+ *  best matching language tag.
+ *  <blockquote>
+ *  <pre>
+ *     1. zh-Hant-TW
+ *     2. zh-Hant
+ *     3. zh
+ *     4. en-US
+ *     5. en
+ *  </pre>
+ *  </blockquote>
+ *  If there is a language tag which matches completely to a language range
+ *  above, the language tag is returned.
+ *
+ *  <p>{@code "*"} is the special language range, and it is ignored in lookup.
+ *
+ *  <p>If multiple language tags match as a result of the subtag {@code '*'}
+ *  included in a language range, the first matching language tag returned by
+ *  an {@link Iterator} over a {@link Collection} of language tags is treated as
+ *  the best matching one.
+ *
+ *  <h4>Use of Locale</h4>
+ *
+ *  <p>Once you've created a <code>Locale</code> you can query it for information
+ *  about itself. Use <code>getCountry</code> to get the country (or region)
+ *  code and <code>getLanguage</code> to get the language code.
+ *  You can use <code>getDisplayCountry</code> to get the
+ *  name of the country suitable for displaying to the user. Similarly,
+ *  you can use <code>getDisplayLanguage</code> to get the name of
+ *  the language suitable for displaying to the user. Interestingly,
+ *  the <code>getDisplayXXX</code> methods are themselves locale-sensitive
+ *  and have two versions: one that uses the default
+ *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale and one
+ *  that uses the locale specified as an argument.
+ *
+ *  <p>The Java Platform provides a number of classes that perform locale-sensitive
+ *  operations. For example, the <code>NumberFormat</code> class formats
+ *  numbers, currency, and percentages in a locale-sensitive manner. Classes
+ *  such as <code>NumberFormat</code> have several convenience methods
+ *  for creating a default object of that type. For example, the
+ *  <code>NumberFormat</code> class provides these three convenience methods
+ *  for creating a default <code>NumberFormat</code> object:
+ *  <blockquote>
+ *  <pre>
+ *      NumberFormat.getInstance()
+ *      NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance()
+ *      NumberFormat.getPercentInstance()
+ *  </pre>
+ *  </blockquote>
+ *  Each of these methods has two variants; one with an explicit locale
+ *  and one without; the latter uses the default
+ *  {@link Locale.Category#FORMAT FORMAT} locale:
+ *  <blockquote>
+ *  <pre>
+ *      NumberFormat.getInstance(myLocale)
+ *      NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(myLocale)
+ *      NumberFormat.getPercentInstance(myLocale)
+ *  </pre>
+ *  </blockquote>
+ *  A <code>Locale</code> is the mechanism for identifying the kind of object
+ *  (<code>NumberFormat</code>) that you would like to get. The locale is
+ *  <STRONG>just</STRONG> a mechanism for identifying objects,
+ *  <STRONG>not</STRONG> a container for the objects themselves.
+ *
+ *  <h4>Compatibility</h4>
+ *
+ *  <p>In order to maintain compatibility with existing usage, Locale's
+ *  constructors retain their behavior prior to the Java Runtime
+ *  Environment version 1.7.  The same is largely true for the
+ *  <code>toString</code> method. Thus Locale objects can continue to
+ *  be used as they were. In particular, clients who parse the output
+ *  of toString into language, country, and variant fields can continue
+ *  to do so (although this is strongly discouraged), although the
+ *  variant field will have additional information in it if script or
+ *  extensions are present.
+ *
+ *  <p>In addition, BCP 47 imposes syntax restrictions that are not
+ *  imposed by Locale's constructors. This means that conversions
+ *  between some Locales and BCP 47 language tags cannot be made without
+ *  losing information. Thus <code>toLanguageTag</code> cannot
+ *  represent the state of locales whose language, country, or variant
+ *  do not conform to BCP 47.
+ *
+ *  <p>Because of these issues, it is recommended that clients migrate
+ *  away from constructing non-conforming locales and use the
+ *  <code>forLanguageTag</code> and <code>Locale.Builder</code> APIs instead.
+ *  Clients desiring a string representation of the complete locale can
+ *  then always rely on <code>toLanguageTag</code> for this purpose.
+ *
+ *  <h5><a name="special_cases_constructor">Special cases</a></h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>For compatibility reasons, two
+ *  non-conforming locales are treated as special cases.  These are
+ *  <b><tt>ja_JP_JP</tt></b> and <b><tt>th_TH_TH</tt></b>. These are ill-formed
+ *  in BCP 47 since the variants are too short. To ease migration to BCP 47,
+ *  these are treated specially during construction.  These two cases (and only
+ *  these) cause a constructor to generate an extension, all other values behave
+ *  exactly as they did prior to Java 7.
+ *
+ *  <p>Java has used <tt>ja_JP_JP</tt> to represent Japanese as used in
+ *  Japan together with the Japanese Imperial calendar. This is now
+ *  representable using a Unicode locale extension, by specifying the
+ *  Unicode locale key <tt>ca</tt> (for "calendar") and type
+ *  <tt>japanese</tt>. When the Locale constructor is called with the
+ *  arguments "ja", "JP", "JP", the extension "u-ca-japanese" is
+ *  automatically added.
+ *
+ *  <p>Java has used <tt>th_TH_TH</tt> to represent Thai as used in
+ *  Thailand together with Thai digits. This is also now representable using
+ *  a Unicode locale extension, by specifying the Unicode locale key
+ *  <tt>nu</tt> (for "number") and value <tt>thai</tt>. When the Locale
+ *  constructor is called with the arguments "th", "TH", "TH", the
+ *  extension "u-nu-thai" is automatically added.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Serialization</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>During serialization, writeObject writes all fields to the output
+ *  stream, including extensions.
+ *
+ *  <p>During deserialization, readResolve adds extensions as described
+ *  in <a href="#special_cases_constructor">Special Cases</a>, only
+ *  for the two cases th_TH_TH and ja_JP_JP.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Legacy language codes</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>Locale's constructor has always converted three language codes to
+ *  their earlier, obsoleted forms: <tt>he</tt> maps to <tt>iw</tt>,
+ *  <tt>yi</tt> maps to <tt>ji</tt>, and <tt>id</tt> maps to
+ *  <tt>in</tt>.  This continues to be the case, in order to not break
+ *  backwards compatibility.
+ *
+ *  <p>The APIs added in 1.7 map between the old and new language codes,
+ *  maintaining the old codes internal to Locale (so that
+ *  <code>getLanguage</code> and <code>toString</code> reflect the old
+ *  code), but using the new codes in the BCP 47 language tag APIs (so
+ *  that <code>toLanguageTag</code> reflects the new one). This
+ *  preserves the equivalence between Locales no matter which code or
+ *  API is used to construct them. Java's default resource bundle
+ *  lookup mechanism also implements this mapping, so that resources
+ *  can be named using either convention, see {@link ResourceBundle.Control}.
+ *
+ *  <h5>Three-letter language/country(region) codes</h5>
+ *
+ *  <p>The Locale constructors have always specified that the language
+ *  and the country param be two characters in length, although in
+ *  practice they have accepted any length.  The specification has now
+ *  been relaxed to allow language codes of two to eight characters and
+ *  country (region) codes of two to three characters, and in
+ *  particular, three-letter language codes and three-digit region
+ *  codes as specified in the IANA Language Subtag Registry.  For
+ *  compatibility, the implementation still does not impose a length
+ *  constraint.
+ * @see Builder
+ * @see ResourceBundle
+ * @see java.text.Format
+ * @see java.text.NumberFormat
+ * @see java.text.Collator
+ * @author Mark Davis
+ * @since 1.1
+ */
+export type Locale = Object &
+  Cloneable &
+  Serializable & {
+    /**
+     * Gets the current value of the default locale for this instance
+     *  of the Java Virtual Machine.
+     *  <p>
+     *  The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup
+     *  based on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive
+     *  methods if no locale is explicitly specified.
+     *  It can be changed using the
+     *  {@link #setDefault(java.util.Locale) setDefault} method.
+     * @return the default locale for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine
+     */
+    getDefault(): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current value of the default locale for the specified Category
+     *  for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine.
+     *  <p>
+     *  The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup based
+     *  on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive methods
+     *  if no locale is explicitly specified. It can be changed using the
+     *  setDefault(Locale.Category, Locale) method.
+     * @param category - the specified category to get the default locale
+     * @throws NullPointerException - if category is null
+     * @return the default locale for the specified Category for this instance&#xA; of the Java Virtual Machine
+     * @see #setDefault(Locale.Category, Locale)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getDefault(category: Category): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the default locale for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine.
+     *  This does not affect the host locale.
+     *  <p>
+     *  If there is a security manager, its <code>checkPermission</code>
+     *  method is called with a <code>PropertyPermission("user.language", "write")</code>
+     *  permission before the default locale is changed.
+     *  <p>
+     *  The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup
+     *  based on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive
+     *  methods if no locale is explicitly specified.
+     *  <p>
+     *  Since changing the default locale may affect many different areas
+     *  of functionality, this method should only be used if the caller
+     *  is prepared to reinitialize locale-sensitive code running
+     *  within the same Java Virtual Machine.
+     *  <p>
+     *  By setting the default locale with this method, all of the default
+     *  locales for each Category are also set to the specified default locale.
+     * @throws SecurityException&#xA; if a security manager exists and its&#xA; <code>checkPermission</code> method doesn't allow the operation.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>newLocale</code> is null
+     * @param newLocale the new default locale
+     * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission
+     * @see java.util.PropertyPermission
+     */
+    setDefault(newLocale: Locale): void;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the default locale for the specified Category for this instance
+     *  of the Java Virtual Machine. This does not affect the host locale.
+     *  <p>
+     *  If there is a security manager, its checkPermission method is called
+     *  with a PropertyPermission("user.language", "write") permission before
+     *  the default locale is changed.
+     *  <p>
+     *  The Java Virtual Machine sets the default locale during startup based
+     *  on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive methods
+     *  if no locale is explicitly specified.
+     *  <p>
+     *  Since changing the default locale may affect many different areas of
+     *  functionality, this method should only be used if the caller is
+     *  prepared to reinitialize locale-sensitive code running within the
+     *  same Java Virtual Machine.
+     *  <p>
+     * @param category - the specified category to set the default locale
+     * @param newLocale - the new default locale
+     * @throws SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its&#xA; checkPermission method doesn't allow the operation.
+     * @throws NullPointerException - if category and/or newLocale is null
+     * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
+     * @see PropertyPermission
+     * @see #getDefault(Locale.Category)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    setDefault(category: Category, newLocale: Locale): void;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of all installed locales.
+     *  The returned array represents the union of locales supported
+     *  by the Java runtime environment and by installed
+     *  {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider LocaleServiceProvider}
+     *  implementations.  It must contain at least a <code>Locale</code>
+     *  instance equal to {@link java.util.Locale#US Locale.US}.
+     * @return An array of installed locales.
+     */
+    getAvailableLocales(): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166.
+     *  Can be used to create Locales.
+     *  <p>
+     *  <b>Note:</b> The <code>Locale</code> class also supports other codes for
+     *  country (region), such as 3-letter numeric UN M.49 area codes.
+     *  Therefore, the list returned by this method does not contain ALL valid
+     *  codes that can be used to create Locales.
+     * @return An array of ISO 3166 two-letter country codes.
+     */
+    getISOCountries(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of all 2-letter language codes defined in ISO 639.
+     *  Can be used to create Locales.
+     *  <p>
+     *  <b>Note:</b>
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>ISO 639 is not a stable standard&mdash; some languages' codes have changed.
+     *  The list this function returns includes both the new and the old codes for the
+     *  languages whose codes have changed.
+     *  <li>The <code>Locale</code> class also supports language codes up to
+     *  8 characters in length.  Therefore, the list returned by this method does
+     *  not contain ALL valid codes that can be used to create Locales.
+     *  </ul>
+     * @return Am array of ISO 639 two-letter language codes.
+     */
+    getISOLanguages(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the language code of this Locale.
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Note:</b> ISO 639 is not a stable standard&mdash; some languages' codes have changed.
+     *  Locale's constructor recognizes both the new and the old codes for the languages
+     *  whose codes have changed, but this function always returns the old code.  If you
+     *  want to check for a specific language whose code has changed, don't do
+     *  <pre>
+     *  if (locale.getLanguage().equals("he")) // BAD!
+     *     ...
+     *  </pre>
+     *  Instead, do
+     *  <pre>
+     *  if (locale.getLanguage().equals(new Locale("he").getLanguage()))
+     *     ...
+     *  </pre>
+     * @return The language code, or the empty string if none is defined.
+     * @see #getDisplayLanguage
+     */
+    getLanguage(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the script for this locale, which should
+     *  either be the empty string or an ISO 15924 4-letter script
+     *  code. The first letter is uppercase and the rest are
+     *  lowercase, for example, 'Latn', 'Cyrl'.
+     * @return The script code, or the empty string if none is defined.
+     * @see #getDisplayScript
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getScript(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the country/region code for this locale, which should
+     *  either be the empty string, an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code,
+     *  or a UN M.49 3-digit code.
+     * @return The country/region code, or the empty string if none is defined.
+     * @see #getDisplayCountry
+     */
+    getCountry(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the variant code for this locale.
+     * @return The variant code, or the empty string if none is defined.
+     * @see #getDisplayVariant
+     */
+    getVariant(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if this {@code Locale} has any <a href="#def_extensions">
+     *  extensions</a>.
+     * @return {@code true} if this {@code Locale} has any extensions
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    hasExtensions(): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of this {@code Locale} with no <a href="#def_extensions">
+     *  extensions</a>. If this {@code Locale} has no extensions, this {@code Locale}
+     *  is returned.
+     * @return a copy of this {@code Locale} with no extensions, or {@code this}&#xA; if {@code this} has no extensions
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    stripExtensions(): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the extension (or private use) value associated with
+     *  the specified key, or null if there is no extension
+     *  associated with the key. To be well-formed, the key must be one
+     *  of <code>[0-9A-Za-z]</code>. Keys are case-insensitive, so
+     *  for example 'z' and 'Z' represent the same extension.
+     * @param key the extension key
+     * @return The extension, or null if this locale defines no&#xA; extension for the specified key.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is not well-formed
+     * @see #PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION
+     * @see #UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getExtension(key: string): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of extension keys associated with this locale, or the
+     *  empty set if it has no extensions. The returned set is unmodifiable.
+     *  The keys will all be lower-case.
+     * @return The set of extension keys, or the empty set if this locale has&#xA; no extensions.
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getExtensionKeys(): Set;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of unicode locale attributes associated with
+     *  this locale, or the empty set if it has no attributes. The
+     *  returned set is unmodifiable.
+     * @return The set of attributes.
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getUnicodeLocaleAttributes(): Set;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Unicode locale type associated with the specified Unicode locale key
+     *  for this locale. Returns the empty string for keys that are defined with no type.
+     *  Returns null if the key is not defined. Keys are case-insensitive. The key must
+     *  be two alphanumeric characters ([0-9a-zA-Z]), or an IllegalArgumentException is
+     *  thrown.
+     * @param key the Unicode locale key
+     * @return The Unicode locale type associated with the key, or null if the&#xA; locale does not define the key.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the key is not well-formed
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>key</code> is null
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getUnicodeLocaleType(key: String | string): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of Unicode locale keys defined by this locale, or the empty set if
+     *  this locale has none.  The returned set is immutable.  Keys are all lower case.
+     * @return The set of Unicode locale keys, or the empty set if this locale has&#xA; no Unicode locale keywords.
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getUnicodeLocaleKeys(): Set;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of this <code>Locale</code>
+     *  object, consisting of language, country, variant, script,
+     *  and extensions as below:
+     *  <blockquote>
+     *  language + "_" + country + "_" + (variant + "_#" | "#") + script + "-" + extensions
+     *  </blockquote>
+     *
+     *  Language is always lower case, country is always upper case, script is always title
+     *  case, and extensions are always lower case.  Extensions and private use subtags
+     *  will be in canonical order as explained in {@link #toLanguageTag}.
+     *
+     *  <p>When the locale has neither script nor extensions, the result is the same as in
+     *  Java 6 and prior.
+     *
+     *  <p>If both the language and country fields are missing, this function will return
+     *  the empty string, even if the variant, script, or extensions field is present (you
+     *  can't have a locale with just a variant, the variant must accompany a well-formed
+     *  language or country code).
+     *
+     *  <p>If script or extensions are present and variant is missing, no underscore is
+     *  added before the "#".
+     *
+     *  <p>This behavior is designed to support debugging and to be compatible with
+     *  previous uses of <code>toString</code> that expected language, country, and variant
+     *  fields only.  To represent a Locale as a String for interchange purposes, use
+     *  {@link #toLanguageTag}.
+     *
+     *  <p>Examples: <ul>
+     *  <li><tt>en</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>de_DE</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>_GB</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>en_US_WIN</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>de__POSIX</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>zh_CN_#Hans</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>zh_TW_#Hant-x-java</tt></li>
+     *  <li><tt>th_TH_TH_#u-nu-thai</tt></li></ul>
+     * @return A string representation of the Locale, for debugging.
+     * @see #getDisplayName
+     * @see #toLanguageTag
+     */
+    toString(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a well-formed IETF BCP 47 language tag representing
+     *  this locale.
+     *
+     *  <p>If this <code>Locale</code> has a language, country, or
+     *  variant that does not satisfy the IETF BCP 47 language tag
+     *  syntax requirements, this method handles these fields as
+     *  described below:
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Language:</b> If language is empty, or not <a
+     *  href="#def_language" >well-formed</a> (for example "a" or
+     *  "e2"), it will be emitted as "und" (Undetermined).
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Country:</b> If country is not <a
+     *  href="#def_region">well-formed</a> (for example "12" or "USA"),
+     *  it will be omitted.
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Variant:</b> If variant <b>is</b> <a
+     *  href="#def_variant">well-formed</a>, each sub-segment
+     *  (delimited by '-' or '_') is emitted as a subtag.  Otherwise:
+     *  <ul>
+     *
+     *  <li>if all sub-segments match <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8}</code>
+     *  (for example "WIN" or "Oracle_JDK_Standard_Edition"), the first
+     *  ill-formed sub-segment and all following will be appended to
+     *  the private use subtag.  The first appended subtag will be
+     *  "lvariant", followed by the sub-segments in order, separated by
+     *  hyphen. For example, "x-lvariant-WIN",
+     *  "Oracle-x-lvariant-JDK-Standard-Edition".
+     *
+     *  <li>if any sub-segment does not match
+     *  <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8}</code>, the variant will be truncated
+     *  and the problematic sub-segment and all following sub-segments
+     *  will be omitted.  If the remainder is non-empty, it will be
+     *  emitted as a private use subtag as above (even if the remainder
+     *  turns out to be well-formed).  For example,
+     *  "Solaris_isjustthecoolestthing" is emitted as
+     *  "x-lvariant-Solaris", not as "solaris".</li></ul>
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Special Conversions:</b> Java supports some old locale
+     *  representations, including deprecated ISO language codes,
+     *  for compatibility. This method performs the following
+     *  conversions:
+     *  <ul>
+     *
+     *  <li>Deprecated ISO language codes "iw", "ji", and "in" are
+     *  converted to "he", "yi", and "id", respectively.
+     *
+     *  <li>A locale with language "no", country "NO", and variant
+     *  "NY", representing Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway), is converted
+     *  to a language tag "nn-NO".</li></ul>
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Note:</b> Although the language tag created by this
+     *  method is well-formed (satisfies the syntax requirements
+     *  defined by the IETF BCP 47 specification), it is not
+     *  necessarily a valid BCP 47 language tag.  For example,
+     *  <pre>
+     *    new Locale("xx", "YY").toLanguageTag();</pre>
+     *
+     *  will return "xx-YY", but the language subtag "xx" and the
+     *  region subtag "YY" are invalid because they are not registered
+     *  in the IANA Language Subtag Registry.
+     * @return a BCP47 language tag representing the locale
+     * @see #forLanguageTag(String)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    toLanguageTag(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a locale for the specified IETF BCP 47 language tag string.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the specified language tag contains any ill-formed subtags,
+     *  the first such subtag and all following subtags are ignored.  Compare
+     *  to {@link Locale.Builder#setLanguageTag} which throws an exception
+     *  in this case.
+     *
+     *  <p>The following <b>conversions</b> are performed:<ul>
+     *
+     *  <li>The language code "und" is mapped to language "".
+     *
+     *  <li>The language codes "he", "yi", and "id" are mapped to "iw",
+     *  "ji", and "in" respectively. (This is the same canonicalization
+     *  that's done in Locale's constructors.)
+     *
+     *  <li>The portion of a private use subtag prefixed by "lvariant",
+     *  if any, is removed and appended to the variant field in the
+     *  result locale (without case normalization).  If it is then
+     *  empty, the private use subtag is discarded:
+     *
+     *  <pre>
+     *      Locale loc;
+     *      loc = Locale.forLanguageTag("en-US-x-lvariant-POSIX");
+     *      loc.getVariant(); // returns "POSIX"
+     *      loc.getExtension('x'); // returns null
+     *
+     *      loc = Locale.forLanguageTag("de-POSIX-x-URP-lvariant-Abc-Def");
+     *      loc.getVariant(); // returns "POSIX_Abc_Def"
+     *      loc.getExtension('x'); // returns "urp"
+     *  </pre>
+     *
+     *  <li>When the languageTag argument contains an extlang subtag,
+     *  the first such subtag is used as the language, and the primary
+     *  language subtag and other extlang subtags are ignored:
+     *
+     *  <pre>
+     *      Locale.forLanguageTag("ar-aao").getLanguage(); // returns "aao"
+     *      Locale.forLanguageTag("en-abc-def-us").toString(); // returns "abc_US"
+     *  </pre>
+     *
+     *  <li>Case is normalized except for variant tags, which are left
+     *  unchanged.  Language is normalized to lower case, script to
+     *  title case, country to upper case, and extensions to lower
+     *  case.
+     *
+     *  <li>If, after processing, the locale would exactly match either
+     *  ja_JP_JP or th_TH_TH with no extensions, the appropriate
+     *  extensions are added as though the constructor had been called:
+     *
+     *  <pre>
+     *     Locale.forLanguageTag("ja-JP-x-lvariant-JP").toLanguageTag();
+     *     // returns "ja-JP-u-ca-japanese-x-lvariant-JP"
+     *     Locale.forLanguageTag("th-TH-x-lvariant-TH").toLanguageTag();
+     *     // returns "th-TH-u-nu-thai-x-lvariant-TH"
+     *  </pre></ul>
+     *
+     *  <p>This implements the 'Language-Tag' production of BCP47, and
+     *  so supports grandfathered (regular and irregular) as well as
+     *  private use language tags.  Stand alone private use tags are
+     *  represented as empty language and extension 'x-whatever',
+     *  and grandfathered tags are converted to their canonical replacements
+     *  where they exist.
+     *
+     *  <p>Grandfathered tags with canonical replacements are as follows:
+     *
+     *  <table summary="Grandfathered tags with canonical replacements">
+     *  <tbody align="center">
+     *  <tr><th>grandfathered tag</th><th>&nbsp;</th><th>modern replacement</th></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>art-lojban</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>jbo</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-ami</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>ami</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-bnn</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>bnn</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-hak</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>hak</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-klingon</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>tlh</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-lux</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>lb</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-navajo</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>nv</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-pwn</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>pwn</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-tao</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>tao</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-tay</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>tay</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-tsu</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>tsu</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>no-bok</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>nb</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>no-nyn</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>nn</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>sgn-BE-FR</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>sfb</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>sgn-BE-NL</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>vgt</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>sgn-CH-DE</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>sgg</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>zh-guoyu</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>cmn</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>zh-hakka</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>hak</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>zh-min-nan</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>nan</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>zh-xiang</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>hsn</td></tr>
+     *  </tbody>
+     *  </table>
+     *
+     *  <p>Grandfathered tags with no modern replacement will be
+     *  converted as follows:
+     *
+     *  <table summary="Grandfathered tags with no modern replacement">
+     *  <tbody align="center">
+     *  <tr><th>grandfathered tag</th><th>&nbsp;</th><th>converts to</th></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>cel-gaulish</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>xtg-x-cel-gaulish</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>en-GB-oed</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>en-GB-x-oed</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-default</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>en-x-i-default</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-enochian</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>und-x-i-enochian</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>i-mingo</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>see-x-i-mingo</td></tr>
+     *  <tr><td>zh-min</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>nan-x-zh-min</td></tr>
+     *  </tbody>
+     *  </table>
+     *
+     *  <p>For a list of all grandfathered tags, see the
+     *  IANA Language Subtag Registry (search for "Type: grandfathered").
+     *
+     *  <p><b>Note</b>: there is no guarantee that <code>toLanguageTag</code>
+     *  and <code>forLanguageTag</code> will round-trip.
+     * @param languageTag the language tag
+     * @return The locale that best represents the language tag.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>languageTag</code> is <code>null</code>
+     * @see #toLanguageTag()
+     * @see java.util.Locale.Builder#setLanguageTag(String)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    forLanguageTag(languageTag: String | string): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a three-letter abbreviation of this locale's language.
+     *  If the language matches an ISO 639-1 two-letter code, the
+     *  corresponding ISO 639-2/T three-letter lowercase code is
+     *  returned.  The ISO 639-2 language codes can be found on-line,
+     *  see "Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages Part 2:
+     *  Alpha-3 Code".  If the locale specifies a three-letter
+     *  language, the language is returned as is.  If the locale does
+     *  not specify a language the empty string is returned.
+     * @return A three-letter abbreviation of this locale's language.
+     * @throws MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if&#xA; three-letter language abbreviation is not available for this locale.
+     */
+    getISO3Language(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's country.
+     *  If the country matches an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, the
+     *  corresponding ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 uppercase code is returned.
+     *  If the locale doesn't specify a country, this will be the empty
+     *  string.
+     *
+     *  <p>The ISO 3166-1 codes can be found on-line.
+     * @return A three-letter abbreviation of this locale's country.
+     * @throws MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if the&#xA; three-letter country abbreviation is not available for this locale.
+     */
+    getISO3Country(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's language that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.
+     *  If possible, the name returned will be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale.
+     *  For example, if the locale is fr_FR and the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale
+     *  is en_US, getDisplayLanguage() will return "French"; if the locale is en_US and
+     *  the default {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale is fr_FR,
+     *  getDisplayLanguage() will return "anglais".
+     *  If the name returned cannot be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale,
+     *  (say, we don't have a Japanese name for Croatian),
+     *  this function falls back on the English name, and uses the ISO code as a last-resort
+     *  value.  If the locale doesn't specify a language, this function returns the empty string.
+     * @return The name of the display language.
+     */
+    getDisplayLanguage(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's language that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.
+     *  If possible, the name returned will be localized according to inLocale.
+     *  For example, if the locale is fr_FR and inLocale
+     *  is en_US, getDisplayLanguage() will return "French"; if the locale is en_US and
+     *  inLocale is fr_FR, getDisplayLanguage() will return "anglais".
+     *  If the name returned cannot be localized according to inLocale,
+     *  (say, we don't have a Japanese name for Croatian),
+     *  this function falls back on the English name, and finally
+     *  on the ISO code as a last-resort value.  If the locale doesn't specify a language,
+     *  this function returns the empty string.
+     * @param inLocale The locale for which to retrieve the display language.
+     * @return The name of the display language appropriate to the given locale.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>inLocale</code> is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    getDisplayLanguage(inLocale: Locale): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the the locale's script that is appropriate for display to
+     *  the user. If possible, the name will be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale.  Returns
+     *  the empty string if this locale doesn't specify a script code.
+     * @return the display name of the script code for the current default&#xA; {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getDisplayScript(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's script that is appropriate
+     *  for display to the user. If possible, the name will be
+     *  localized for the given locale. Returns the empty string if
+     *  this locale doesn't specify a script code.
+     * @param inLocale The locale for which to retrieve the display script.
+     * @return the display name of the script code for the current default&#xA; {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>inLocale</code> is <code>null</code>
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    getDisplayScript(inLocale: Locale): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's country that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.
+     *  If possible, the name returned will be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale.
+     *  For example, if the locale is fr_FR and the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale
+     *  is en_US, getDisplayCountry() will return "France"; if the locale is en_US and
+     *  the default {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale is fr_FR,
+     *  getDisplayCountry() will return "Etats-Unis".
+     *  If the name returned cannot be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale,
+     *  (say, we don't have a Japanese name for Croatia),
+     *  this function falls back on the English name, and uses the ISO code as a last-resort
+     *  value.  If the locale doesn't specify a country, this function returns the empty string.
+     * @return The name of the country appropriate to the locale.
+     */
+    getDisplayCountry(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's country that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.
+     *  If possible, the name returned will be localized according to inLocale.
+     *  For example, if the locale is fr_FR and inLocale
+     *  is en_US, getDisplayCountry() will return "France"; if the locale is en_US and
+     *  inLocale is fr_FR, getDisplayCountry() will return "Etats-Unis".
+     *  If the name returned cannot be localized according to inLocale.
+     *  (say, we don't have a Japanese name for Croatia),
+     *  this function falls back on the English name, and finally
+     *  on the ISO code as a last-resort value.  If the locale doesn't specify a country,
+     *  this function returns the empty string.
+     * @param inLocale The locale for which to retrieve the display country.
+     * @return The name of the country appropriate to the given locale.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>inLocale</code> is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    getDisplayCountry(inLocale: Locale): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's variant code that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.  If possible, the name will be localized for the default
+     *  {@link Locale.Category#DISPLAY DISPLAY} locale.  If the locale
+     *  doesn't specify a variant code, this function returns the empty string.
+     * @return The name of the display variant code appropriate to the locale.
+     */
+    getDisplayVariant(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale's variant code that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user.  If possible, the name will be localized for inLocale.  If the locale
+     *  doesn't specify a variant code, this function returns the empty string.
+     * @param inLocale The locale for which to retrieve the display variant code.
+     * @return The name of the display variant code appropriate to the given locale.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>inLocale</code> is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    getDisplayVariant(inLocale: Locale): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale that is appropriate for display to the
+     *  user. This will be the values returned by getDisplayLanguage(),
+     *  getDisplayScript(), getDisplayCountry(), and getDisplayVariant() assembled
+     *  into a single string. The the non-empty values are used in order,
+     *  with the second and subsequent names in parentheses.  For example:
+     *  <blockquote>
+     *  language (script, country, variant)<br>
+     *  language (country)<br>
+     *  language (variant)<br>
+     *  script (country)<br>
+     *  country<br>
+     *  </blockquote>
+     *  depending on which fields are specified in the locale.  If the
+     *  language, script, country, and variant fields are all empty,
+     *  this function returns the empty string.
+     * @return The name of the locale appropriate to display.
+     */
+    getDisplayName(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a name for the locale that is appropriate for display
+     *  to the user.  This will be the values returned by
+     *  getDisplayLanguage(), getDisplayScript(),getDisplayCountry(),
+     *  and getDisplayVariant() assembled into a single string.
+     *  The non-empty values are used in order,
+     *  with the second and subsequent names in parentheses.  For example:
+     *  <blockquote>
+     *  language (script, country, variant)<br>
+     *  language (country)<br>
+     *  language (variant)<br>
+     *  script (country)<br>
+     *  country<br>
+     *  </blockquote>
+     *  depending on which fields are specified in the locale.  If the
+     *  language, script, country, and variant fields are all empty,
+     *  this function returns the empty string.
+     * @param inLocale The locale for which to retrieve the display name.
+     * @return The name of the locale appropriate to display.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>inLocale</code> is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    getDisplayName(inLocale: Locale): string;
+
+    /**
+ * Overrides Cloneable.
+  
+    */
+    clone(): unknown;
+
+    /**
+ * Override hashCode.
+ *  Since Locales are often used in hashtables, caches the value
+ *  for speed.
+  
+    */
+    hashCode(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this Locale is equal to another object.  A Locale is
+     *  deemed equal to another Locale with identical language, script, country,
+     *  variant and extensions, and unequal to all other objects.
+     * @return true if this Locale is equal to the specified object.
+     */
+    equals(obj: unknown): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of matching {@code Locale} instances using the filtering
+     *  mechanism defined in RFC 4647.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param locales {@code Locale} instances used for matching
+     * @param mode filtering mode
+     * @return a list of {@code Locale} instances for matching language tags&#xA; sorted in descending order based on priority or weight, or an empty&#xA; list if nothing matches. The list is modifiable.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code locales}&#xA; is {@code null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if one or more extended language ranges&#xA; are included in the given list when&#xA; {@link FilteringMode#REJECT_EXTENDED_RANGES} is specified
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    filter(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      locales: Collection | unknown[],
+      mode: FilteringMode
+    ): List;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of matching {@code Locale} instances using the filtering
+     *  mechanism defined in RFC 4647. This is equivalent to
+     *  {@link #filter(List, Collection, FilteringMode)} when {@code mode} is
+     *  {@link FilteringMode#AUTOSELECT_FILTERING}.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param locales {@code Locale} instances used for matching
+     * @return a list of {@code Locale} instances for matching language tags&#xA; sorted in descending order based on priority or weight, or an empty&#xA; list if nothing matches. The list is modifiable.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code locales}&#xA; is {@code null}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    filter(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      locales: Collection | unknown[]
+    ): List;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of matching languages tags using the basic filtering
+     *  mechanism defined in RFC 4647.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param tags language tags
+     * @param mode filtering mode
+     * @return a list of matching language tags sorted in descending order&#xA; based on priority or weight, or an empty list if nothing matches.&#xA; The list is modifiable.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code tags} is&#xA; {@code null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if one or more extended language ranges&#xA; are included in the given list when&#xA; {@link FilteringMode#REJECT_EXTENDED_RANGES} is specified
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    filterTags(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      tags: Collection | unknown[],
+      mode: FilteringMode
+    ): List;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of matching languages tags using the basic filtering
+     *  mechanism defined in RFC 4647. This is equivalent to
+     *  {@link #filterTags(List, Collection, FilteringMode)} when {@code mode}
+     *  is {@link FilteringMode#AUTOSELECT_FILTERING}.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param tags language tags
+     * @return a list of matching language tags sorted in descending order&#xA; based on priority or weight, or an empty list if nothing matches.&#xA; The list is modifiable.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code tags} is&#xA; {@code null}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    filterTags(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      tags: Collection | unknown[]
+    ): List;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@code Locale} instance for the best-matching language
+     *  tag using the lookup mechanism defined in RFC 4647.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param locales {@code Locale} instances used for matching
+     * @return the best matching <code>Locale</code> instance chosen based on&#xA; priority or weight, or {@code null} if nothing matches.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code tags} is&#xA; {@code null}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    lookup(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      locales: Collection | unknown[]
+    ): Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the best-matching language tag using the lookup mechanism
+     *  defined in RFC 4647.
+     * @param priorityList user's Language Priority List in which each language&#xA; tag is sorted in descending order based on priority or weight
+     * @param tags language tangs used for matching
+     * @return the best matching language tag chosen based on priority or&#xA; weight, or {@code null} if nothing matches.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code priorityList} or {@code tags} is&#xA; {@code null}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    lookupTag(
+      priorityList: List | unknown[],
+      tags: Collection | unknown[]
+    ): string;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    ENGLISH: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    FRENCH: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    GERMAN: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    ITALIAN: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    JAPANESE: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    KOREAN: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    CHINESE: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for language.
+  
+    */
+    TRADITIONAL_CHINESE: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    FRANCE: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    GERMANY: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    ITALY: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    JAPAN: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    KOREA: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    CHINA: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    PRC: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    TAIWAN: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    UK: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    US: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    CANADA: Locale;
+
+    /**
+ * Useful constant for country.
+  
+    */
+    CANADA_FRENCH: Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * Useful constant for the root locale.  The root locale is the locale whose
+     *  language, country, and variant are empty ("") strings.  This is regarded
+     *  as the base locale of all locales, and is used as the language/country
+     *  neutral locale for the locale sensitive operations.
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    ROOT: Locale;
+
+    /**
+     * The key for the private use extension ('x').
+     * @see #getExtension(char)
+     * @see Builder#setExtension(char, String)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The key for Unicode locale extension ('u').
+     * @see #getExtension(char)
+     * @see Builder#setExtension(char, String)
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION: string;
+  };