/// <summary>Creates a <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> object that represents the specific culture that is associated with the specified name.</summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> object that represents:The invariant culture, if <paramref name="name" /> is an empty string ("").-or- The specific culture associated with <paramref name="name" />, if <paramref name="name" /> is a neutral culture.-or- The culture specified by <paramref name="name" />, if <paramref name="name" /> is already a specific culture.</returns>
/// <param name="name">A predefined <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> name or the name of an existing <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> object. </param>
/// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">
/// <paramref name="name" /> is not a valid culture name.-or- The culture specified by <paramref name="name" /> does not have a specific culture associated with it. </exception>
/// <exception cref="T:System.NullReferenceException">
/// <paramref name="name" /> is null. </exception>
public static CultureInfo CreateSpecificCulture(string name)
{
if (name == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
if (name == string.Empty)
{
return(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
CultureInfo cultureInfo = new CultureInfo();
if (!CultureInfo.ConstructInternalLocaleFromSpecificName(cultureInfo, name.ToLowerInvariant()))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Culture name " + name + " is not supported.", name);
}
return(cultureInfo);
}
