org.argouml.i18n
Class Translator

java.lang.Object
  org.argouml.i18n.Translator

public class Translator

extends Object

The API class to the localization. All localization calls goes through this class.

Field Summary

private static Properties	images Binding between new key names and old ones needed by gef.
private static Logger	LOG logger
private static String	propertiesFile Property file containing the bindings.

Constructor Summary

Translator()

Method Summary

static String	getImageBinding(String name) Provide a "gef compliant" image file name.
static Locale[]	getLocales() For Locale selection.
static void	init() Default Locale is set and resources Bundles are loaded.
private static Properties	loadImageBindings(String file) Loads image bindings from a File.
static String	localize(String key) Helper for those that don't want to give the bundle.
static String	localize(String bundle, String key) Deprecated. by Linus Tolke as of 0.17.2. Use localize(String key).
static String	messageFormat(String key, Object[] args) Generates an localized String with arguments.
static String	messageFormat(String bundle, String key, Object[] args) Deprecated. by Linus Tolke as of 0.17.2. Use messageFormat(String key, Object[] args).
static void	setLocale(Locale locale) Change the current Locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

private static final Logger LOG

logger

images

private static Properties images

Binding between new key names and old ones needed by gef.

propertiesFile

private static String propertiesFile

Property file containing the bindings.

Constructor Detail

Translator

public Translator()

Method Detail

init

public static void init()

Default Locale is set and resources Bundles are loaded.

getLocales

public static Locale[] getLocales()

For Locale selection.

Returns:

Locales used in ArgoUML

setLocale

public static void setLocale(Locale locale)

Change the current Locale.

Parameters:

locale - the new Locale

loadImageBindings

private static Properties loadImageBindings(String file)

Loads image bindings from a File.

Parameters:

file - the properties file

Returns:

the properties in file

getImageBinding

public static String getImageBinding(String name)

Provide a "gef compliant" image file name.

Parameters:

name - the new i18n key

Returns:

the old i18n key

localize

public static String localize(String bundle,
                              String key)

Deprecated. by Linus Tolke as of 0.17.2. Use localize(String key).

Helper for localization to eliminate the need to import the gef util library.

This is only used when retrieving the strings localized in GEF.

Parameters:

bundle - a binding to a bundle of i18n resources

key - the key to loacalize

Returns:

the translation

localize

public static String localize(String key)

Helper for those that don't want to give the bundle.

Note: This one argument key doesn't seem to work for tags that aren't prefixed with the property file name. We get a NullPointerException.

Parameters:

key - The key to localize.

Returns:

The localized String.

messageFormat

public static String messageFormat(String bundle,
                                   String key,
                                   Object[] args)

Deprecated. by Linus Tolke as of 0.17.2. Use messageFormat(String key, Object[] args).

Generates an localized String with arguments.

The localized string is a pattern to be processed by MessageFormat.

Parameters:

bundle - a binding to a bundle of i18n resources

key - the key to localize

args - the args as Objects, inserted in the localized String

Returns:

the localized String with inserted arguments

messageFormat

public static String messageFormat(String key,
                                   Object[] args)

Generates an localized String with arguments.

The localized string is a pattern to be processed by MessageFormat.

Parameters:

key - the key to localize

args - the args as Objects, inserted in the localized String

Returns:

the localized String with inserted arguments