Language and writing direction

Is there any way of finding out what direction a given language is written in? Basically I need to specify the the writing direction in a web page, according to the language selected, but I am not sure whether anything Java can tell me whether for a given locale it is RTL (right-to-left) or LTR (right-to-left)?

import java.awt.ComponentOrientation;
import java.util.Locale;
public class LanguageDirection {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     String[] languages = Locale.getISOLanguages();
     for (String language : languages) {
         Locale locale = new Locale(language);
         ComponentOrientation orient = ComponentOrientation
              .getOrientation(locale);
         System.out.println("Orientation for "
              + locale.getLanguage()
              + " "
              + locale.getDisplayLanguage()
              + "\t is "
              + (orient.isLeftToRight() ? "left to right"
                   : "right to left"));
}Piet

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Regardless of what you think of my reply I'm trying to help you.
I think you need to reread my reply because I can't find ANY relation at all between what I said and what you responded with.
I wish things are the way you mentioned and followed text books.
Nothing in my reply is related to 'text books' or some 'academic' approach to development. Strictly based on real-world experience of 25+ years.
Unfortunately lot of real world projects kick off without complete information.
No disagreement here - but totally irrevelant to anything I said.
Till we get the complete information, it's better to work on the idea rather than wasting project hours. I don't think it can work that way. All we do is to lay a ground preparation, toy around multiple options for the actual coding even when we do not have the exact requirements.
No disagreement here - but totally irrevelant to anything I said.
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I did not work with multiple language characters and manipulating them.
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