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Class Language

Represents a Language.

Inheritance

System.Object

BeingDirtyBase

EntityBase

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

[DataContract(IsReference = true)]
public class Language : EntityBase, ILanguage, IEntity, IDeepCloneable, IRememberBeingDirty, ICanBeDirty

Constructors

Language(String, String)

Initializes a new instance of the Language class.

Declaration

public Language(string isoCode, string cultureName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	isoCode	The ISO code of the language.
System.String	cultureName	The name of the language.

Language(GlobalSettings, String)

Declaration

public Language(GlobalSettings globalSettings, string isoCode)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
GlobalSettings	globalSettings
System.String	isoCode

Properties

CultureInfo

Gets the CultureInfo object for the language.

Declaration

[IgnoreDataMember]
public CultureInfo CultureInfo { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Globalization.CultureInfo

CultureName

Gets or sets the culture name of the language.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public string CultureName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

FallbackLanguageId

Gets or sets the identifier of a fallback language.

Declaration

public int? FallbackLanguageId { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Nullable<System.Int32>

Remarks

The fallback language can be used in multi-lingual scenarios, to help define fallback strategies when a value does not exist for a requested language.

IsDefault

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the language is the default language.

Declaration

public bool IsDefault { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

IsMandatory

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the language is mandatory.

Declaration

public bool IsMandatory { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

When a language is mandatory, a multi-lingual document cannot be published without that language being published, and unpublishing that language unpublishes the entire document.

IsoCode

Gets or sets the ISO code of the language.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public string IsoCode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String