The getUnicodeLocaleAttributes method was introduced to the Locale class in JDK 1.7 along with the getDefault, setDefault, getScript, getExtension, getExtensionKeys, getUnicodeLocalType, getUnicodeLocaleKeys, toLanguageTag, forLanguageTag, and getDisplay script. It's presented here to stress your need to be familiar with the Javadoc documentation of the Java API specification.