# Locale.Category
Added in[API level 24](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)
Summary:[Enums](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category#enumconstants)\|[Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category#pubmethods)\|[Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category#inhmethods)
# Locale.Category
`
public
static
final
enum
Locale.Category
`
`
``
extends `[Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)`<`[Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category)`>
``
`
|---|---|---------------------------|
| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) |||
| ↳ | [java.lang.Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)\<[java.util.Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category)\> ||
| | ↳ | java.util.Locale.Category |
*** ** * ** ***
Enum for locale categories. These locale categories are used to get/set the default locale for the specific functionality represented by the category.
**See also:**
- [Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category)](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale#getDefault(java.util.Locale.Category))
- [Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category, Locale)](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale#setDefault(java.util.Locale.Category,%20java.util.Locale))
## Summary
| ### Enum values ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) | `DISPLAY` Category used to represent the default locale for displaying user interfaces. |
| [Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) | `FORMAT` Category used to represent the default locale for formatting dates, numbers, and/or currencies. |
| ### Public methods ||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ` static `[Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) | ` `[valueOf](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category#valueOf(java.lang.String))`(`[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)` name) ` |
| ` static final `[Category[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) | ` `[values](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category#values())`() ` |
| ### Inherited methods |
|-----------------------|---|
| From class` `[java.lang.Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)` ` |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` final `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#clone())`() ` Throws CloneNotSupportedException. | | ` final int` | ` `[compareTo](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#compareTo(E))`(`[Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category)` o) ` Compares this enum with the specified object for order. | | ` final boolean` | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` other) ` Returns true if the specified object is equal to this enum constant. | | ` final void` | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#finalize())`() ` enum classes cannot have finalize methods. | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<`[Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category)`>` | ` `[getDeclaringClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#getDeclaringClass())`() ` Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's enum type. | | ` final int` | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code for this enum constant. | | ` final `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[name](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#name())`() ` Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its enum declaration. | | ` final int` | ` `[ordinal](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#ordinal())`() ` Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned an ordinal of zero). | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#toString())`() ` Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the declaration. | | ` static > T` | ` `[valueOf](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#valueOf(java.lang.Class,%20java.lang.String))`(`[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)` enumClass, `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)` name) ` Returns the enum constant of the specified enum class with the specified name. | ||
| From class` `[java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` ` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone())`() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object. | | ` boolean` | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` obj) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. | | ` void` | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize())`() ` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`` | ` `[getClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass())`() ` Returns the runtime class of this`Object`. | | ` int` | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code value for the object. | | ` final void` | ` `[notify](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify())`() ` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. | | ` final void` | ` `[notifyAll](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll())`() ` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int))`(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long))`(long timeoutMillis) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait())`() ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*. | ||
| From interface` `[java.lang.Comparable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Comparable)` ` |-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` abstract int` | ` `[compareTo](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Comparable#compareTo(T))`(`[Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category)` o) ` Compares this object with the specified object for order. | ||
## Enum values
### DISPLAY
Added in[API level 24](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)
```
public static final Locale.Category DISPLAY
```
Category used to represent the default locale for displaying user interfaces.
### FORMAT
Added in[API level 24](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)
```
public static final Locale.Category FORMAT
```
Category used to represent the default locale for formatting dates, numbers, and/or currencies.
## Public methods
### valueOf
```
public static Locale.Category valueOf (String name)
```
| Parameters ||
|--------|-----------------|
| `name` | `String`
|
| Returns ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [Locale.Category](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) |
|
### values
```
public static final Category[] values ()
```
| Returns ||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [Category[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.Category) |
|