org.djunits.locale

Class Localization

java.lang.Object

org.djunits.locale.Localization

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Localization
extends Object
implements Serializable

Localization object for language sprecific reporting of units.

Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
BSD-style license. See DJUNITS License.

$LastChangedDate: 2019-04-01 02:14:38 +0200 (Mon, 01 Apr 2019) $, @version $Revision: 370 $, by $Author: averbraeck $, initial version Jun 12, 2014

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Localization(String prefix) Create a Localization object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDefaultString(String key) Retrieve a string from the default locale bundle.
String	getString(String key) Retrieve a string from a locale bundle.
boolean	isDefault()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Localization

public Localization(String prefix)

Create a Localization object.

Parameters:

prefix - String; the prefix of the properties files to use.

Method Detail

getString

public final String getString(String key)

Retrieve a string from a locale bundle. If retrieval fails the value of key string, surrounded by exclamation marks is returned.

Parameters:

key - String; the key for the locale in the properties file

Returns:

localized string, or, if a translation could not be found return the key surrounded by exclamation marks

getDefaultString

public final String getDefaultString(String key)

Retrieve a string from the default locale bundle. If retrieval fails the value of key string, surrounded by exclamation marks is returned.

Parameters:

key - String; the key for the locale in the properties file

Returns:

localized string, or, if a translation could not be found return the key surrounded by exclamation marks

isDefault

public boolean isDefault()

Returns:

whether the current locale is the default (English) locale