*
     * @param locale
     *            Locale. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#MEDIUM} style
     */
    public static String getMediumPattern(final Locale locale) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);
        return ((SimpleDateFormat) getTimeInstance(MEDIUM, locale)).toPattern();
    }

    /**

     *
     * @param locale
     *            Locale. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#MEDIUM} style
     */
    public static String getMediumPattern(final Locale locale) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);
        return ((SimpleDateFormat) getDateTimeInstance(MEDIUM, MEDIUM, locale)).toPattern();
    }

    /**

     *
     * @param locale the locale (must not be {@literal null})
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#MEDIUM} style
     */
    public static String getMediumPattern(final Locale locale) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);
        return ((SimpleDateFormat) getDateInstance(MEDIUM, locale)).toPattern();
    }

    /**

        assertFalse(labelTypeHelper.matchLocale(Locale.ENGLISH, Locale.JAPANESE));
        assertFalse(labelTypeHelper.matchLocale(Locale.SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE, Locale.TRADITIONAL_CHINESE));

        assertTrue(labelTypeHelper.matchLocale(null, Locale.ROOT));
        assertTrue(labelTypeHelper.matchLocale(Locale.ENGLISH, Locale.ROOT));
        assertTrue(labelTypeHelper.matchLocale(Locale.ROOT, Locale.ROOT));

     *
     * @param locale the locale
     * @return the {@literal locale} if not {@literal null}, otherwise the default locale
     */
    protected static Locale getLocale(final Locale locale) {
        if (locale != null) {
            return locale;
        }
        return LocaleUtil.getDefault();
    }

        // Execute
        OptionalThing<Locale> result = provider.findBusinessLocale(null, mockRequestManager);

        // Verify
        assertTrue(result.isPresent());
        Locale locale = result.get();
        assertEquals("no", locale.getLanguage());
        assertEquals("NO", locale.getCountry());
        assertEquals("NY", locale.getVariant());
    }

     *
     * @param locale
     *            Locale
     * @return Separator for decimal numbers
     */
    public static String findDecimalSeparator(final Locale locale) {
        final DecimalFormatSymbols symbol = getDecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
        return Character.toString(symbol.getDecimalSeparator());
    }

    private static DecimalFormatSymbols getDecimalFormatSymbols(final Locale locale) {

     *
     * @param s
     *            A string representing a number
     * @param locale
     *            The locale. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return The normalized string
     */
    public static String normalize(final String s, final Locale locale) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);

        if (s == null) {
            return null;
        }

     * @return {@link Locale}
     */
    public static Locale getLocale(final String localeStr) {
        // TODO replace with Fess
        Locale locale = LocaleUtil.getDefault();
        if (localeStr != null) {
            final int index = localeStr.indexOf('_');
            if (index < 0) {
                locale = new Locale(localeStr);
            } else {
                final String language = localeStr.substring(0, index);

     * Returns {@link DecimalFormatSymbols}.
     *
     * @param locale
     *            The locale. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return {@link DecimalFormatSymbols}
     */
    public static DecimalFormatSymbols getDecimalFormatSymbols(final Locale locale) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);

        DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = CACHE.get(locale);
        if (symbols == null) {