Package eu.woolplatform.utils.i18n

Class I18nLoader

java.lang.Object

eu.woolplatform.utils.i18n.I18nLoader

public class I18nLoader
extends Object

This class can load i18n message resources and keep them in memory for later reference. You can get a resource set with getI18n(), which will try to load the set at the first call. It uses I18nResourceFinder to find a matching properties file, in .properties format or .xml format. Note that a .properties file will be loaded as UTF-8.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
I18n	getI18n(String baseName, List<Locale> locales, boolean honorifics, Class<?> loadClass)	Returns the i18n message resource for the specified parameters.
I18n	getI18n(String baseName, Locale locale, boolean honorifics, Class<?> loadClass)	Returns the i18n message resource for the specified parameters.
static I18nLoader	getInstance()	Returns the i18n loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static I18nLoader getInstance()

Returns the i18n loader.

Returns:

the i18n loader

getI18n

public I18n getI18n(String baseName,
                    Locale locale,
                    boolean honorifics,
                    Class<?> loadClass)
             throws RuntimeException

Returns the i18n message resource for the specified parameters. If the resource has not been loaded yet, it will be loaded now (.properties or .xml) and then saved in memory. Note that a .properties file will be loaded as UTF-8. For more details see I18nResourceFinder.

Parameters:

baseName - the base name

locale - the preferred locale

honorifics - true if the resource should use honorifics, false otherwise

loadClass - the resource loading class or null

Returns:

the message resource

Throws:

RuntimeException - if no matching resource is found, or a matching resource can't be loaded

getI18n

public I18n getI18n(String baseName,
                    List<Locale> locales,
                    boolean honorifics,
                    Class<?> loadClass)
             throws RuntimeException

Returns the i18n message resource for the specified parameters. If the resource has not been loaded yet, it will be loaded now (.properties or .xml) and then saved in memory. Note that a .properties file will be loaded as UTF-8. For more details see I18nResourceFinder.

Parameters:

baseName - the base name

locales - the preferred locales (at least one)

honorifics - true if the resource should use honorifics, false otherwise

loadClass - the resource loading class or null

Returns:

the message resource

Throws:

RuntimeException - if no matching resource is found, or a matching resource can't be loaded