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)

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.
static String	getMessage(String key) Get a message without parameters.
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

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