com.lowagie.text.error_messages
Class MessageLocalization

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.error_messages.MessageLocalization

public final class MessageLocalization
extends Object

Localizes error messages. The messages are located in the package com.lowagie.text.error_messages in the form language_country.lng. The internal file encoding is UTF-8 without any escape chars, it's not a normal property file. See en.lng for more information on the internal format.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@glintt.com)

Field Summary

private static String	BASE_PATH
private static HashMap	currentLanguage
private static HashMap	defaultLanguage

Constructor Summary

private

MessageLocalization()

Method Summary

static String	getComposedMessage(String key) Get a message without parameters.
static String	getComposedMessage(String key, int p1) Get a message with one parameter.
static String	getComposedMessage(String key, Object p1) Get a message with one parameter.
static String	getComposedMessage(String key, Object p1, Object p2) Get a message with one parameter.
static String	getComposedMessage(String key, Object p1, Object p2, Object p3) Get a message with one parameter.
static String	getComposedMessage(String key, Object p1, Object p2, Object p3, Object p4) Get a message with two parameters.
private static HashMap	getLanguageMessages(String language, String country)
static String	getMessage(String key) Get a message without parameters.
private static HashMap	readLanguageStream(InputStream is)
private static HashMap	readLanguageStream(Reader r)
static boolean	setLanguage(String language, String country) Sets the language to be used globally for the error messages.
static void	setMessages(Reader r) Sets the error messages directly from a Reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defaultLanguage

private static HashMap defaultLanguage

currentLanguage

private static HashMap currentLanguage

BASE_PATH

private static final String BASE_PATH

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MessageLocalization

private MessageLocalization()

Method Detail

getMessage

public static String getMessage(String key)

Get a message without parameters.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key)

Get a message without parameters.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key,
                                        Object p1)

Get a message with one parameter. The parameter will replace the string "{1}" found in the message.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

p1 - the parameter

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key,
                                        int p1)

Get a message with one parameter. The parameter will replace the string "{1}" found in the message.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

p1 - the parameter

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key,
                                        Object p1,
                                        Object p2)

Get a message with one parameter. The parameter will replace the string "{1}", "{2}" found in the message.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

p1 - the parameter

p2 - the parameter

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key,
                                        Object p1,
                                        Object p2,
                                        Object p3)

Get a message with one parameter. The parameter will replace the string "{1}", "{2}", "{3}" found in the message.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

p1 - the parameter

p2 - the parameter

p3 - the parameter

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static String getComposedMessage(String key,
                                        Object p1,
                                        Object p2,
                                        Object p3,
                                        Object p4)

Get a message with two parameters. The parameters will replace the strings "{1}", "{2}", "{3}", "{4}" found in the message.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

p1 - the parameter

p2 - the parameter

p3 - the parameter

p4 - the parameter

Returns:

the message

setLanguage

public static boolean setLanguage(String language,
                                  String country)
                           throws IOException

Sets the language to be used globally for the error messages. The language is a two letter lowercase country designation like "en" or "pt". The country is an optional two letter uppercase code like "US" or "PT".

Parameters:

language - the language

country - the country

Returns:

true if the language was found, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - on error

setMessages

public static void setMessages(Reader r)
                        throws IOException

Sets the error messages directly from a Reader.

Parameters:

r - the Reader

Throws:

IOException - on error

getLanguageMessages

private static HashMap getLanguageMessages(String language,
                                           String country)
                                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

readLanguageStream

private static HashMap readLanguageStream(InputStream is)
                                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

readLanguageStream

private static HashMap readLanguageStream(Reader r)
                                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException