Localization of RDLC Reports into an Arabic Locale

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Localization
{
	public class Language
	{
		private string id = "";

		private string name = "";

        private string direction = Enumerations.LanguageDirection.ltr.ToString();

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the id of the language, as ar for Arabic or en for English
        /// </summary>
        public virtual string Id 
        { 
            get 
            { 
                return id; 
            } 
            set 
            { 
                id = value; 
            } 
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the descriptive name for the language
        /// </summary>
        public virtual string Name 
        { 
            get 
            { 
                return name; 
            } 
            set 
            { 
                name = value; 
            } 
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the culture info for the language
        /// </summary>
        public virtual System.Globalization.CultureInfo CultureInfo
        {
            get
            {
                if (id == "ar")
                    return new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ar-lb");
                else if (id == "en")
                    return new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
                else
                    return System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the layout direction settings for the language
        /// </summary>
        public virtual Enumerations.LanguageDirection Direction 
        { 
            get 
            {
                return (Enumerations.LanguageDirection) Enum.Parse(typeof(Enumerations.LanguageDirection), direction, true); 
            } 
            set 
            { 
                direction = value.ToString(); 
            }
        }

        public Language(string id, string name, Enumerations.LanguageDirection direction)
        {
            this.id = id;
            this.name = name;
            this.direction = direction.ToString();
        }

        private static List<Language> all = new List<Language>();
        public static List<Language> All
        {
            get
            {
                lock (all)
                {
                    if (all.Count == 0)
                    {
                        all = new List<Language>();
                        
                        all.Add(new Language("ar", "����", Enumerations.LanguageDirection.rtl));

                        all.Add(new Language("en", "English", Enumerations.LanguageDirection.ltr));
                    }
                }

                return all;
            }
        }

        //overriding the object's ToString method
        public override string ToString()
		{
			return name;
		}

		// implicit conversion to a string
        public static implicit operator string(Language language)
        {
            return language.Name;
        }

        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            if (obj == null)
                return false;

            if (obj is Language)
            {
                Language language = (Language)obj;
                return this.Id == language.Id;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            return 0;
        }
	}
}