de.xeinfach.kafenio.util
Class Translatrix

java.lang.Object
  de.xeinfach.kafenio.util.Translatrix

public final class Translatrix

extends java.lang.Object

Description: This class translates string-ids into language specific messages.

Author:

Howard Kistler, Karsten Pawlik

Constructor Summary

Translatrix()
private constructor for utility classes

Translatrix(java.lang.String newBundleName)
private constructor for utility classes

Method Summary

java.util.Locale	getLocale()
java.lang.String	getTranslationString(java.lang.String originalText) returns the translated string for the given originalText
void	setBundleName(java.lang.String bundle) sets the resourcebundle name for this class and tries to load it.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale newLocale) sets the current locale, loads the default language file if locale-version could not be found.
void	setLocale(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String country) sets the locale using language and country information provided as string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Translatrix

public Translatrix()

private constructor for utility classes

Translatrix

public Translatrix(java.lang.String newBundleName)

private constructor for utility classes

Parameters:

newBundleName - name of the resourcebundle to use

Method Detail

setBundleName

public void setBundleName(java.lang.String bundle)

sets the resourcebundle name for this class and tries to load it.

Parameters:

bundle - name of the resourcebundle to load.

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale newLocale)

sets the current locale, loads the default language file if locale-version could not be found.

Parameters:

newLocale - locale string.

getLocale

public java.util.Locale getLocale()

Returns:

returns the currently set locale for this object.

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.lang.String language,
                      java.lang.String country)

sets the locale using language and country information provided as string.

Parameters:

language - language as string

country - country-code as string

getTranslationString

public java.lang.String getTranslationString(java.lang.String originalText)

returns the translated string for the given originalText

Parameters:

originalText - the property name to return the translated string for.

Returns:

returns a string containing the language-specific value for the given property name.