code: protected void resolveLocale(Locale language, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response){
  		final LocaleResolver localeResolver = RequestContextUtils.getLocaleResolver(request);
  		localeResolver.setLocale(request, response, language);
  	}
docs: manually resolve of locale ... to request. useful for path variables
  
  @param language
  @param request
  @param response