psdi.util

Class MessageBundle

java.lang.Object

psdi.util.MessageBundle

public class MessageBundle
extends java.lang.Object

MessageBundle holds a list of messages that have all been retrieved from the same messaage file. All messages displayed by the system are held in external files editable by the user for translation and customization purposes. All messages are loaded into a hashtable in memory. There can be many Message bundles active at any one time. There will usually be one per application, but there will also be bundles that may be used by many applications.

Version:

1.0

Author:

James Battle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MessageBundle()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Message	getMessage(java.lang.String key) Get the message object based on the key value passed.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of the message bundle This is set to the parmaters that is passed to the loadFromFile method.
void	loadFromFile(java.lang.String filename) Load the message bundle from a file.
void	loadFromReader(java.io.InputStreamReader reader) Load the message bundle from the given reader.
void	loadFromStream(java.io.InputStream inputStream) Load the message bundle from the given stream.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Main rountine used for testing purposes only Currently this is hard coded to pick up the file test.txt
java.lang.String	toString() Used to dump the contents of the message bundle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MessageBundle

public MessageBundle()

Method Detail

loadFromFile

public void loadFromFile(java.lang.String filename)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Load the message bundle from a file. File name specified should be exclusive of file extension and path. The system will use the Resolver class to identify the appropriate file depending on Locale etc.

Parameters:

filename -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

loadFromStream

public void loadFromStream(java.io.InputStream inputStream)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Load the message bundle from the given stream.

Parameters:

InputStream -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

loadFromReader

public void loadFromReader(java.io.InputStreamReader reader)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Load the message bundle from the given reader.

Parameters:

InputStreamReader -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of the message bundle This is set to the parmaters that is passed to the loadFromFile method. This is used by the Session class that keys a table of Message Bundles and uses the name to look it up or load it.

getMessage

public Message getMessage(java.lang.String key)

Get the message object based on the key value passed. Returns a message object if key found, otherwise returns null.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Used to dump the contents of the message bundle

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Main rountine used for testing purposes only Currently this is hard coded to pick up the file test.txt

Throws:

java.lang.Exception