org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.providers
Interface EntityPropertiesService

public interface EntityPropertiesService

This provides the entity system with a way to access properties (and then exposes this to others via the developer helper service)

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)

Method Summary

Locale	getLocale()
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key) Get a property for an entity if one is available, uses the default Locale
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key, Locale locale) Get a property for an entity if one is available
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key, Locale locale, String defaultValue) Get a property for an entity if one is available
void	loadProperties(String prefix, String baseName, ClassLoader classLoader) Register the properties in this ClassLoader for this entity prefix
boolean	unloadProperties(String prefix) Unregister the properties stored for this prefix

Method Detail

getLocale

Locale getLocale()

Returns:

the current Locale for the current session or user

loadProperties

void loadProperties(String prefix,
                    String baseName,
                    ClassLoader classLoader)

Register the properties in this ClassLoader for this entity prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

baseName - (optional) the part before the .properties or _en.properties, example: location/dir/myentity.properties, if null then prefix is used

classLoader - (optional) the ClassLoader to find the properties files in, if null then the default thread ClassLoader is used

unloadProperties

boolean unloadProperties(String prefix)

Unregister the properties stored for this prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

Returns:

true if unregistered, false if none found to unregister

getProperty

String getProperty(String prefix,
                   String key)

Get a property for an entity if one is available, uses the default Locale

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

key - the property key

Returns:

the property value string OR null if none found

getProperty

String getProperty(String prefix,
                   String key,
                   Locale locale)

Get a property for an entity if one is available

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

key - the property key

locale - the Locale to get the message for

Returns:

the property value string OR null if none found

getProperty

String getProperty(String prefix,
                   String key,
                   Locale locale,
                   String defaultValue)

Get a property for an entity if one is available

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

key - the property key

locale - the Locale to get the message for

defaultValue - the default value to return if the value is null

Returns:

the property value string OR defaultValue if none found