Hi there! Is there any way to set the current/default locale when run `gradle check` ? I have some l...

# multiplatform

[Marek Niedbach]

Hi there!
Is there any way to set the current/default locale when run gradle check ? I have some logic that rely on `Locale`/`NSLocale` and the unit tests are using the machine locale which may be out of control..

[jw]

Both have mutators you can use to set the global default. Just be sure to capture the default, change default, and then try/finally to reset it back to the real value.

[Marek Niedbach]

yeah, I know I can try to handle it directly in tests (setup/teardown), but I wondered if there is some kind of global mechanism to set the language globally (i.e. as gradle task argument or something)

[jw]

For the JVM you can use -D flags which are documented here: https://www.oracle.com/technical-resources/articles/javase/locale.html#using

[jw]

I don't know anything about NSLocale other than you can mutate it

[Marek Niedbach]

Ok, thanks. I’ve handled it actualy by DI + mock the locale in test

[jw]

DI + a constant locale value is the way to go. Hopefully not an actual mock.

[Marek Niedbach]

Yup, this is how we did it! 🙂