@Nullable
  private static List<Locale> extractLocalesFromString(final String rawLocales) {
    if (rawLocales.isEmpty()) {
      return Collections.emptyList();
    }
    final String[] splitRawLocales = rawLocales.split(",");
    final List<Locale> locales = new ArrayList<>(splitRawLocales.length);

    for (String rawLocale : splitRawLocales) {
      final Locale locale = PropertiesUtil.getLocale("_" + rawLocale + ".properties");
      if (locale == PropertiesUtil.DEFAULT_LOCALE) {
        return null;
      } else if (!locales.contains(locale)) {
        locales.add(locale);
      }
    }
    return locales;
  }