DisplayContext
  public
  
  final
  
  enum
  DisplayContext
  
  
  
  
    extends Enum<DisplayContext>
  
  
  
  
  
  
| java.lang.Object | ||
| ↳ | java.lang.Enum<android.icu.text.DisplayContext> | |
| ↳ | android.icu.text.DisplayContext | |
Display context settings. Note, the specific numeric values are internal and may change.
Summary
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| DisplayContext | CAPITALIZATION_FOR_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCEA possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for the beginning of a sentence. | 
| DisplayContext | CAPITALIZATION_FOR_MIDDLE_OF_SENTENCEA possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for the middle of a sentence. | 
| DisplayContext | CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONEA possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for stand-alone usage such as an isolated name on a calendar page. | 
| DisplayContext | CAPITALIZATION_FOR_UI_LIST_OR_MENUA possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for a user-interface list or menu item. | 
| DisplayContext | CAPITALIZATION_NONEA possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context to be used is unknown (this is the default value). | 
| DisplayContext | DIALECT_NAMESA possible setting for DIALECT_HANDLING: use dialect names, when generating a locale name, e.g. en_GB displays as 'British English'. | 
| DisplayContext | LENGTH_FULLA possible setting for DISPLAY_LENGTH: use full names when generating a locale name, e.g. "United States" for US. | 
| DisplayContext | LENGTH_SHORTA possible setting for DISPLAY_LENGTH: use short names when generating a locale name, e.g. "U.S." for US. | 
| DisplayContext | NO_SUBSTITUTEA possible setting for SUBSTITUTE_HANDLING: Returns a null value when no data is available. | 
| DisplayContext | STANDARD_NAMESA possible setting for DIALECT_HANDLING: use standard names when generating a locale name, e.g. en_GB displays as 'English (United Kingdom)'. | 
| DisplayContext | SUBSTITUTEA possible setting for SUBSTITUTE_HANDLING: Returns a fallback value (e.g., the input code) when no data is available. | 
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        DisplayContext.Type | 
      type()
      Get the Type part of the enum item (e.g. CAPITALIZATION) | 
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        int | 
      value()
      Get the value part of the enum item (e.g. CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE) | 
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        static
        
        
        DisplayContext | 
      valueOf(String name)
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        static
        final
        
        DisplayContext[] | 
      values()
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Enum values
CAPITALIZATION_FOR_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE
public static final DisplayContext CAPITALIZATION_FOR_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE
A possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for the beginning of a sentence.
CAPITALIZATION_FOR_MIDDLE_OF_SENTENCE
public static final DisplayContext CAPITALIZATION_FOR_MIDDLE_OF_SENTENCE
A possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for the middle of a sentence.
CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE
public static final DisplayContext CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE
A possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for stand-alone usage such as an isolated name on a calendar page.
CAPITALIZATION_FOR_UI_LIST_OR_MENU
public static final DisplayContext CAPITALIZATION_FOR_UI_LIST_OR_MENU
A possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context if a date, date symbol or display name is to be formatted with capitalization appropriate for a user-interface list or menu item.
CAPITALIZATION_NONE
public static final DisplayContext CAPITALIZATION_NONE
A possible setting for CAPITALIZATION: The capitalization context to be used is unknown (this is the default value).
DIALECT_NAMES
public static final DisplayContext DIALECT_NAMES
A possible setting for DIALECT_HANDLING: use dialect names, when generating a locale name, e.g. en_GB displays as 'British English'.
LENGTH_FULL
public static final DisplayContext LENGTH_FULL
A possible setting for DISPLAY_LENGTH: use full names when generating a locale name, e.g. "United States" for US.
LENGTH_SHORT
public static final DisplayContext LENGTH_SHORT
A possible setting for DISPLAY_LENGTH: use short names when generating a locale name, e.g. "U.S." for US.
NO_SUBSTITUTE
public static final DisplayContext NO_SUBSTITUTE
A possible setting for SUBSTITUTE_HANDLING: Returns a null value when no data is available.
STANDARD_NAMES
public static final DisplayContext STANDARD_NAMES
A possible setting for DIALECT_HANDLING: use standard names when generating a locale name, e.g. en_GB displays as 'English (United Kingdom)'.
SUBSTITUTE
public static final DisplayContext SUBSTITUTE
A possible setting for SUBSTITUTE_HANDLING: Returns a fallback value (e.g., the input code) when no data is available. This is the default behavior.
Public methods
type
public DisplayContext.Type type ()
Get the Type part of the enum item (e.g. CAPITALIZATION)
| Returns | |
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| DisplayContext.Type | |
value
public int value ()
Get the value part of the enum item (e.g. CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE)
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| int | |
valueOf
public static DisplayContext valueOf (String name)
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| name | String | 
| Returns | |
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| DisplayContext | |
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Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC.
