org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.util.core

Class AbstractEntityPropertiesService

java.lang.Object

org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.util.core.AbstractEntityPropertiesService

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityPropertiesService

Direct Known Subclasses:

EntityPropertiesServiceSimple, EntityPropertiesServiceSpringImpl

public abstract class AbstractEntityPropertiesService
extends Object
implements EntityPropertiesService

This service allows us to track all the properties files related to describing the capabilities of our entities and the entities themselves, it allows lookup of strings as well
NOTE: For internal use only, has no dependencies

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Map<String,AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle>	prefixMap

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractEntityPropertiesService()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Locale	getLocale()
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key)
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key, Locale locale)
String	getProperty(String prefix, String key, Locale locale, String defaultValue)
void	loadProperties(String prefix, String baseName, ClassLoader classLoader)
abstract List<String>	registerLocaleMessages(String prefix, String baseName, Locale locale, ClassLoader classLoader) Override this to provide custom message handling, you must register the AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle you create in this method so that the messages can be looked up later, register using registerPrefixMessageBundle(String, MessageBundle)
void	registerPrefixMessageBundle(String prefix, AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle messageBundle) Register this message bundle with the internal storage
boolean	unloadProperties(String prefix)
void	unregisterPrefixMessageBundle(String prefix) Unregister this message bundle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

prefixMap

protected Map<String,AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle> prefixMap

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntityPropertiesService

public AbstractEntityPropertiesService()

Method Detail

registerPrefixMessageBundle

public void registerPrefixMessageBundle(String prefix,
                               AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle messageBundle)

Register this message bundle with the internal storage

Parameters:

prefix - the related entity prefix for this message bundle

messageBundle - the message bundle

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - is any arguments are null

unregisterPrefixMessageBundle

public void unregisterPrefixMessageBundle(String prefix)

Unregister this message bundle

Parameters:

prefix - the related entity prefix for a message bundle

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - is any arguments are null

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Specified by:

getLocale in interface EntityPropertiesService

loadProperties

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

Specified by:

loadProperties in interface EntityPropertiesService

registerLocaleMessages

public abstract List<String> registerLocaleMessages(String prefix,
                                  String baseName,
                                  Locale locale,
                                  ClassLoader classLoader)

Override this to provide custom message handling, you must register the AbstractEntityPropertiesService.MessageBundle you create in this method so that the messages can be looked up later, register using registerPrefixMessageBundle(String, MessageBundle)

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

locale - the Locale to register messages for

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

Returns:

the list of registered keys for this Locale

unloadProperties

public boolean unloadProperties(String prefix)

Specified by:

unloadProperties in interface EntityPropertiesService

getProperty

public String getProperty(String prefix,
                 String key)

Specified by:

getProperty in interface EntityPropertiesService

getProperty

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

Specified by:

getProperty in interface EntityPropertiesService

getProperty

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

Specified by:

getProperty in interface EntityPropertiesService