CultureInfo.IsReadOnly Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether the current CultureInfo is read-only.

C#
public bool IsReadOnly { get; }

Property Value

true if the current CultureInfo is read-only; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example shows that IsReadOnly also helps protect the DateTimeFormatInfo and NumberFormatInfo instances associated with the CultureInfo.

C#
using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class SamplesCultureInfo  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates a CultureInfo.
      CultureInfo myCI = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );

      // Creates a read-only CultureInfo based on myCI.
      CultureInfo myReadOnlyCI = CultureInfo.ReadOnly( myCI );

      // Display the read-only status of each CultureInfo and their DateTimeFormat and NumberFormat properties.
      Console.WriteLine( "myCI is {0}.", myCI.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
      Console.WriteLine( "myCI.DateTimeFormat is {0}.", myCI.DateTimeFormat.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
      Console.WriteLine( "myCI.NumberFormat is {0}.", myCI.NumberFormat.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
      Console.WriteLine( "myReadOnlyCI is {0}.", myReadOnlyCI.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
      Console.WriteLine( "myReadOnlyCI.DateTimeFormat is {0}.", myReadOnlyCI.DateTimeFormat.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
      Console.WriteLine( "myReadOnlyCI.NumberFormat is {0}.", myReadOnlyCI.NumberFormat.IsReadOnly ? "read only" : "writable" );
   }
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

myCI is writable.
myCI.DateTimeFormat is writable.
myCI.NumberFormat is writable.
myReadOnlyCI is read only.
myReadOnlyCI.DateTimeFormat is read only.
myReadOnlyCI.NumberFormat is read only.

*/

Remarks

If the CultureInfo is read-only, the DateTimeFormat and NumberFormat instances are also read-only.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also