translator
Class ExtendedResourceManagement

java.lang.Object
  translator.ExtendedResourceManagement

public class ExtendedResourceManagement
extends java.lang.Object

A special type of PropertyResourceBundle support

Version:

1.1 2000-01-11

Author:

Guido Rößling ( roessling@acm.org)

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ASCII_FORMAT
static java.lang.String	PROPERTY_FORMAT

Constructor Summary

ExtendedResourceManagement(java.lang.String filename)
Generate a new bundle from the given name and language code

ExtendedResourceManagement(java.lang.String filename, java.lang.String formatName)
Generate a new bundle from the given name and language code

Method Summary

protected void	addPropertyResource(java.lang.String filename)
java.lang.String[]	getKeys() Retrieve the keys of this resource
java.lang.String	getMessage(java.lang.String key) Convenvience wrapper for retrieving the message for key 'key' Internally invokes getMessage(key, true)
java.lang.String	getMessage(java.lang.String key, boolean warnOnError) Method for retrieving the message for key 'key'
Translator	getTranslator() retrieves the actual Translator instance to be used
void	printProperties() Print the properties stored in the bundle to System.out
void	printProperties(java.io.PrintStream outputStream) Print the properties stored in the bundle to System.out
void	setTranslator(Translator trans) assigns the current Translator for this resource bundle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ASCII_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String ASCII_FORMAT

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Constant Field Values

PROPERTY_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_FORMAT

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ExtendedResourceManagement

public ExtendedResourceManagement(java.lang.String filename)

Generate a new bundle from the given name and language code

Parameters:

filename - the file name

ExtendedResourceManagement

public ExtendedResourceManagement(java.lang.String filename,
                                  java.lang.String formatName)

Generate a new bundle from the given name and language code

Parameters:

filename - the file name

formatName - the name of the chosen format

Method Detail

addPropertyResource

protected void addPropertyResource(java.lang.String filename)
                            throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException

getKeys

public java.lang.String[] getKeys()

Retrieve the keys of this resource

Returns:

a String[] of all keys in this resource

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage(java.lang.String key)

Convenvience wrapper for retrieving the message for key 'key' Internally invokes getMessage(key, true)

Parameters:

key - the key of the message to retrieve

Returns:

the retrieved message or null, if no message was found

See Also:

getMessage(String, boolean)

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage(java.lang.String key,
                                   boolean warnOnError)

Method for retrieving the message for key 'key'

Parameters:

key - the key of the message to retrieve

warnOnError - if true, display a warning on System.out if no appropriate resource was found.

Returns:

the retrieved message or null, if no message was found

getTranslator

public Translator getTranslator()

retrieves the actual Translator instance to be used

printProperties

public void printProperties()

Print the properties stored in the bundle to System.out

printProperties

public void printProperties(java.io.PrintStream outputStream)

Print the properties stored in the bundle to System.out

setTranslator

public void setTranslator(Translator trans)

assigns the current Translator for this resource bundle

Parameters:

trans - the translator to be used. If null, a default translator is used.