2 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
index e5ba011ab2ba..15ca4ec8bbc5 100644
--- a/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
+++ b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ private:
                                        OUString& rLanguage,
                                        OUString& rScript,
                                        OUString& rCountry );
+
 };
 
 #endif  // INCLUDED_I18NLANGTAG_LANGUAGETAG_HXX
diff --git a/include/i18nlangtag/languagetagicu.hxx b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetagicu.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20e5349f7875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetagicu.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_I18NLANGTAG_LANGUAGETAGICU_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_I18NLANGTAG_LANGUAGETAGICU_HXX
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <i18nlangtag/i18nlangtagdllapi.h>
+#include <unicode/locid.h>
+
+class LanguageTag;
+
+
+/** Interface LanguageTag to ICU's icu::Locale
+
+    Separated from LanguageTag into its own library to not pollute the entire
+    code base with ICU header file inclusion and linkage, only the few code
+    actually using this needs to link against ICU libraries, which it did
+    anyway.
+*/
+class I18NLANGTAG_DLLPUBLIC LanguageTagIcu
+{
+public:
+
+    /** Obtain language tag as ICU icu::Locale.
+
+        If the language tag is a "pure" ISO locale (see
+        LanguageTag::getLocale()) that is directly constructed, otherwise it is
+        converted using the available ICU mechanisms.
+
+        Always resolves an empty tag to the system locale.
+     */
+    static  icu::Locale     getIcuLocale( const LanguageTag & rLanguageTag );
+};
+
+#endif  // INCLUDED_I18NLANGTAG_LANGUAGETAGICU_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */