com.lowagie.text.error_messages

Class MessageLocalization

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.error_messages.MessageLocalization

public final class MessageLocalization
extends java.lang.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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static java.lang.String	BASE_PATH
private static java.util.HashMap	currentLanguage
private static java.util.HashMap	defaultLanguage

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	MessageLocalization()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key) Get a message without parameters.
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key, int p1) Get a message with one parameter.
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object p1) Get a message with one parameter.
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object p1, java.lang.Object p2) Get a message with one parameter.
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object p1, java.lang.Object p2, java.lang.Object p3) Get a message with one parameter.
static java.lang.String	getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object p1, java.lang.Object p2, java.lang.Object p3, java.lang.Object p4) Get a message with two parameters.
private static java.util.HashMap	getLanguageMessages(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String country)
static java.lang.String	getMessage(java.lang.String key) Get a message without parameters.
private static java.util.HashMap	readLanguageStream(java.io.InputStream is)
private static java.util.HashMap	readLanguageStream(java.io.Reader r)
static boolean	setLanguage(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String country) Sets the language to be used globally for the error messages.
static void	setMessages(java.io.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 java.util.HashMap defaultLanguage

currentLanguage

private static java.util.HashMap currentLanguage

BASE_PATH

private static final java.lang.String BASE_PATH

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MessageLocalization

private MessageLocalization()

Method Detail

getMessage

public static java.lang.String getMessage(java.lang.String key)

Get a message without parameters.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key)

Get a message without parameters.

Parameters:

key - the key to the message

Returns:

the message

getComposedMessage

public static java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key,
                                                  java.lang.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 java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key,
                                                  java.lang.Object p1,
                                                  java.lang.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 java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key,
                                                  java.lang.Object p1,
                                                  java.lang.Object p2,
                                                  java.lang.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 java.lang.String getComposedMessage(java.lang.String key,
                                                  java.lang.Object p1,
                                                  java.lang.Object p2,
                                                  java.lang.Object p3,
                                                  java.lang.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(java.lang.String language,
                                  java.lang.String country)
                           throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - on error

setMessages

public static void setMessages(java.io.Reader r)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Sets the error messages directly from a Reader.

Parameters:

r - the Reader

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on error

getLanguageMessages

private static java.util.HashMap getLanguageMessages(java.lang.String language,
                                                     java.lang.String country)
                                              throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readLanguageStream

private static java.util.HashMap readLanguageStream(java.io.InputStream is)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readLanguageStream

private static java.util.HashMap readLanguageStream(java.io.Reader r)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException