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# country.py - provides country based information
#
# Copyright (c) 2006 FSF Europe
#
# Author:
# Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor@ubuntu.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
# License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA
import os
import gettext
from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree
class CountryInformation(object):
def __init__(self):
# get a list of country codes and real names
self.countries = {}
fname = "/usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_3166.xml"
if os.path.exists(fname):
et = ElementTree(file=fname)
it = et.getiterator('iso_3166_entry')
for elm in it:
if elm.attrib.has_key("common_name"):
descr = elm.attrib["common_name"]
else:
descr = elm.attrib["name"]
if elm.attrib.has_key("alpha_2_code"):
code = elm.attrib["alpha_2_code"]
else:
code = elm.attrib["alpha_3_code"]
self.countries[code] = gettext.dgettext('iso_3166',descr)
self.country = None
self.code = None
locale = os.getenv("LANG", default="en.UK")
a = locale.find("_")
z = locale.find(".")
if z == -1:
z = len(locale)
self.code = locale[a+1:z]
self.country = self.get_country_name(self.code)
def get_country_name(self, code):
if self.countries.has_key(code):
name = self.countries[code]
return name
else:
return code
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