public function getCountriesList(){
        $lang = JFactory::getLanguage();
        $locale = $lang->getLocale();
        $countryCode = $locale[2];
        $countryLangExtension = "";

        $lang->load( 'com_community.country');

        if (!defined('COUNTRY_LANG_AVAILABLE')) {
            define('COUNTRY_LANG_AVAILABLE', 1);
        }

        $countryListLanguage =   explode(',', trim(COUNTRY_LIST_LANGUAGE) );
        if(in_array($countryCode,$countryListLanguage)==COUNTRY_LANG_AVAILABLE){
            $countryLangExtension = "_".$countryCode;
        }
        jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.file' );
        $file   = JPATH_ROOT .'/components/com_community/libraries/fields/countries'.$countryLangExtension.'.xml';

        if( !JFile::exists( $file ) )
        {
            //default country list file
            $file = JPATH_ROOT .'/components/com_community/libraries/fields/countries.xml';
        }

        $contents   = JFile::read( $file );
        $parser     = new SimpleXMLElement($file,NULL,true);
        $document   = $parser->document;
        $countries      = $parser->countries;

        // build an array with TRANSLATED country names as keys...

        if(in_array('de_DE', $locale)){
            //special case to sort german language
            foreach($countries->country as $country){
                $unwanted_array = array(    'Š'=>'S', 'š'=>'s', 'Ž'=>'Z', 'ž'=>'z', 'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A', 'Å'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'Ç'=>'C', 'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E',
                    'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I', 'Ï'=>'I', 'Ñ'=>'N', 'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'Ø'=>'O', 'Ù'=>'U',
                    'Ú'=>'U', 'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'Ý'=>'Y', 'Þ'=>'B', 'ß'=>'Ss', 'à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a', 'å'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'ç'=>'c',
                    'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i', 'ï'=>'i', 'ð'=>'o', 'ñ'=>'n', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o',
                    'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ù'=>'u', 'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ý'=>'y', 'þ'=>'b', 'ÿ'=>'y' );
                $countriesSorted[strtr( trim(JText::_($country->name)), $unwanted_array )] = $country->name;
            }
            ksort($countriesSorted);

            //after sorting, we need to bring back the umlaut character
            $tmpArr = array();
            foreach($countriesSorted as $key=>$country){
                $tmpArr[JText::_($country)] = trim($country);
            }

            $countriesSorted = $tmpArr;

        }else{
            foreach($countries->country as $country){
                $countriesSorted[JText::_($country->name)] = $country->name;
            }
            uasort($countriesSorted, 'CStringHelper::compareAscii');
        }

        return $countriesSorted;
    }

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