net.jetrix
Class Language

java.lang.Object
  net.jetrix.Language

public class Language
extends Object

Helper class to handle and retrieve localized strings.

Version:

$Revision: 545 $, $Date: 2005-01-05 18:16:04 +0100 (mer., 05 janv. 2005) $

Author:

Emmanuel Bourg

Method Summary

static Language	getInstance() Return the unique instance of this class.
static Collection<Locale>	getLocales() Return the list of languages supported by the server.
ResourceBundle	getResourceBundle(Locale locale) Return the ResourceBundle for the specified locale.
static String	getText(String key, Locale locale) Return the specified localized text for a given locale.
static String	getText(String key, Locale locale, Object... arguments) Return the specified localized text for a given locale and replace the parameters with an array of arguments.
static boolean	isSupported(Locale locale) Tell if the specified locale has a corresponding resource file available.
ResourceBundle	load(Locale locale) Load and return the ResourceBundle for the specified locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Language getInstance()

Return the unique instance of this class.

load

public ResourceBundle load(Locale locale)

Load and return the ResourceBundle for the specified locale. Bundles are cached in a local Map.

Parameters:

locale - the locale of the returned bundle if available

getResourceBundle

public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Locale locale)

Return the ResourceBundle for the specified locale.

Parameters:

locale - the locale of the bundle to return

isSupported

public static boolean isSupported(Locale locale)

Tell if the specified locale has a corresponding resource file available.

Parameters:

locale - the locale to test

Returns:

true if the locale is supported, false if not.

getLocales

public static Collection<Locale> getLocales()

Return the list of languages supported by the server.

getText

public static String getText(String key,
                             Locale locale)

Return the specified localized text for a given locale.

Parameters:

key - the text key in the resource bundle

locale - the locale of the message

getText

public static String getText(String key,
                             Locale locale,
                             Object... arguments)

Return the specified localized text for a given locale and replace the parameters with an array of arguments.

Parameters:

key - the text key in the resource bundle

locale - the locale of the message

arguments - the array of arguments

Since:

0.2