// Four ways to get a Locale

import java.util.Locale;

//...

Locale currentLocale = Locale.getDefault(); // browser/JVM default

Locale currentLocale = new Locale( "en" , "US" ); // language/country

Locale currentLocale = Locale.CANADA_FRENCH; // static final constants

Locale userLocale = request.getLocale(); // in a servlet to get remote user's locale