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Sets the content type of the response being sent to
the client, if the response has not been committed yet.
The given content type may include a character encoding
specification, for example, <code>text/html;charset=UTF-8</code>.
The response's character encoding is only set from the given
content type if this method is called before <code>getWriter</code>
is called.
<p>This method may be called repeatedly to change content type and
character encoding.
This method has no effect if called after the response
has been committed. It does not set the response's character
encoding if it is called after <code>getWriter</code>
has been called or after the response has been committed.
<p>Containers must communicate the content type and the character
encoding used for the servlet response's writer to the client if
the protocol provides a way for doing so. In the case of HTTP,
the <code>Content-Type</code> header is used.

Returns the locale specified for this response
using the #setLocale method. Calls made to
<code>setLocale</code> after the response is committed
have no effect. If no locale has been specified,
the container's default locale is returned.

<p>If the specified language tag contains any ill-formed subtags,
the first such subtag and all following subtags are ignored.  Compare
to Locale.Builder#setLanguageTag(String) 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>
<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>
<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.

Sets the status code for this response.

<p>This method is used to set the return status code when there is
no error (for example, for the SC_OK or SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY status
codes).

<p>If this method is used to set an error code, then the container's
error page mechanism will not be triggered. If there is an error and
the caller wishes to invoke an error page defined in the web
application, then #sendError(int) must be used instead.

<p>This method preserves any cookies and other response headers.

<p>Valid status codes are those in the 2XX, 3XX, 4XX, and 5XX ranges.
Other status codes are treated as container specific.

Adds a response header with the given name and
date-value.  The date is specified in terms of
milliseconds since the epoch.  This method allows response headers
to have multiple values.

Adds a response header with the given name and value.
This method allows response headers to have multiple values.

Adds a response header with the given name and
integer value.  This method allows response headers to have multiple
values.

Returns a boolean indicating whether the named response header
has already been set.

Gets the value of the response header with the given name.

<p>If a response header with the given name exists and contains
multiple values, the value that was added first will be returned.

<p>This method considers only response headers set or added via
#setHeader(String,String), #addHeader(String,String), #setDateHeader(String,long),
#addDateHeader(String,long), #setIntHeader(String,int), or
#addIntHeader(String,int), respectively.

Gets the names of the headers of this response.

<p>This method considers only response headers set or added via
#setHeader(String,String), #addHeader(String,String), #setDateHeader(String,long),
#addDateHeader(String,long), #setIntHeader(String,int), or
#addIntHeader(String,int), respectively.

Gets the values of the response header with the given name.

<p>This method considers only response headers set or added via
#setHeader(String,String), #addHeader(String,String), #setDateHeader(String,long),
#addDateHeader(String,long), #setIntHeader(String,int), or
#addIntHeader(String,int), respectively.

Sets a response header with the given name and
date-value.  The date is specified in terms of
milliseconds since the epoch.  If the header had already
been set, the new value overwrites the previous one.  The
<code>containsHeader</code> method can be used to test for the
presence of a header before setting its value.

Sets a response header with the given name and value.
If the header had already been set, the new value overwrites the
previous one.  The <code>containsHeader</code> method can be
used to test for the presence of a header before setting its
value.

Sets a response header with the given name and
integer value.  If the header had already been set, the new value
overwrites the previous one.  The <code>containsHeader</code>
method can be used to test for the presence of a header before
setting its value.