com.is2t.nls

Class NLS

java.lang.Object

com.is2t.nls.NLS

public abstract class NLS
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NLS()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	bind(String message, Object binding) Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string value.
static String	bind(String message, Object[] bindings) Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string values.
static String	bind(String message, Object binding1, Object binding2) Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string values.
static void	initializeMessages(String baseName, Class<?> clazz) Initialize the given class with the values from the message properties specified by the base name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NLS

public NLS()

Method Detail

bind

public static String bind(String message,
                          Object binding)

Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string value.

Parameters:

message - the message to be manipulated

binding - the object to be inserted into the message

Returns:

the manipulated String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the text appearing within curly braces in the given message does not map to an integer

bind

public static String bind(String message,
                          Object[] bindings)

Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string values.

Parameters:

message - the message to be manipulated

bindings - An array of objects to be inserted into the message

Returns:

the manipulated String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the text appearing within curly braces in the given message does not map to an integer

bind

public static String bind(String message,
                          Object binding1,
                          Object binding2)

Bind the given message's substitution locations with the given string values.

Parameters:

message - the message to be manipulated

binding1 - An object to be inserted into the message

binding2 - A second object to be inserted into the message

Returns:

the manipulated String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the text appearing within curly braces in the given message does not map to an integer

initializeMessages

public static void initializeMessages(String baseName,
                                      Class<?> clazz)

Initialize the given class with the values from the message properties specified by the base name. The base name specifies a fully qualified base name to a message properties file, including the package where the message properties file is located. The class loader of the specified class will be used to load the message properties resources.

For example, if the locale is set to en_US and org.eclipse.example.nls.messages is used as the base name then the following resources will be searched using the class loader of the specified class:

   org/eclipse/example/nls/messages_en_US.properties
   org/eclipse/example/nls/messages_en.properties
   org/eclipse/example/nls/messages.properties
 

Parameters:

baseName - the base name of a fully qualified message properties file.

clazz - the class where the constants will exist