1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/java/util/Calendar.java b/java/util/Calendar.java
index 4f4314c5c..0449e126d 100644
--- a/java/util/Calendar.java
+++ b/java/util/Calendar.java
@@ -487,6 +487,28 @@ public abstract class Calendar
   }
 
   /**
+   * The set of properties for obtaining the minimum number of days in 
+   * the first week.
+   */
+  private static transient final Properties properties;
+
+  /**
+   * Reads in the properties.
+   */
+  static
+  {
+    properties = new Properties();
+    try 
+      {
+        properties.load(Calendar.class.getResourceAsStream("weeks.properties"));
+      }
+    catch (IOException exception)
+      {
+        System.out.println("Failed to load weeks resource: " + exception);
+      }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Constructs a new Calendar with the default time zone and the default
    * locale.
    */
@@ -507,9 +529,13 @@ public abstract class Calendar
     lenient = true;
     String[] days = { "", "sun", "mon", "tue", "wed", "thu", "fri", "sat" };
 
-    ResourceBundle rb = getBundle(locale);
-    String min = (String) rb.getObject("minNumberOfDaysInFirstWeek");
-    String first = (String) rb.getObject("firstDayOfWeek");
+    String country = locale.getCountry();
+    String min = properties.getProperty("minDays." + country);
+    if (min == null)
+      min = properties.getProperty("minDays.DEFAULT");
+    String first = properties.getProperty("firstDay." + country);
+    if (first == null)
+      first = properties.getProperty("firstDay.DEFAULT");
     try
       {
 	if (min != null)