Document that MockHttpServletRequest does not comply with Servlet spec regarding Accept-Language header [SPR-12043]

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Sam Brannen opened SPR-12043 and commented

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#16323 raised the issue that MockHttpServletRequest does not comply with the Servlet spec with regard to locales and the Accept-Language header.

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Deliverables

1. Document that MockHttpServletRequest.getLocale() does not comply with the the Servlet specification with regard to the Accept-Language header.
2. Document that MockHttpServletRequest.getLocales() does not comply with the the Servlet specification with regard to the Accept-Language header.

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Issue Links:

• Support Accept-Language header in MockHttpServletRequest's getLocale() and getLocales() methods [SPR-11701] #16323 Support Accept-Language header in MockHttpServletRequest's getLocale() and getLocales() methods

Referenced from: commits 7971f6b

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Sam Brannen commented

Resolved as described in the comments for GitHub commit 7971f6b:

Document that mock request doesn't support Accept-Language header

This commit updates the Javadoc for getLocale() and getLocales() in
MockHttpServletRequest to point out that the mock implementation does
not comply with the the Servlet specification with regard to the
Accept-Language header.