org.nuiton.i18n
Class I18n

java.lang.Object
  org.nuiton.i18n.I18n

public class I18n
extends Object

New generation I18n class.

Note: This class replace the previous one in project nuiton-utils.

This class is a facility for internationalization. To use it in your soft, you can either :

• import the org.nuiton.i18n.I18n class,
• init the translation support with the init(String language) or init(String language, String country), init(Localelocale) static methods in your main, ( eg: I18n.init("fr","FR") )
• call the translate static method for each sentence, ( eg: I18n.l_("hello you !") )
• create a resource file for each language following the naming convention given in the java.util.ResourceBundle javadoc and translate all the sentence.

Since:

1.1

Author:

tchemit

Field Summary

protected static I18nFilter	filter Filtre a appliquer avant de retourner les chaines
protected static I18nInitializer	initializer Deprecated. since 2.1, will be removed in version 3.0, in stead use the method init(I18nInitializer, Locale) which will pass directly the initializer to the store.
protected static I18nMessageFormatter	messageFormatter Formatter to apply on each translation.
protected static I18nStore	store I18n store of languages

Constructor Summary

I18n()

Method Summary

static String	_(String message, Object... args) Retourne la chaine traduite si possible.
protected static String	applyFilter(String message) Applique le filtre s'il y en a un
protected static void	checkInit() Checks if the I18n was initialized and if not as a fall-back, init it with default initializer and default locale.
static void	close() Close i18n caches, says the store if exists.
protected static I18nLanguage	getCurrentLanguage() Obtain the registred language from the store.
protected static I18nInitializer	getDefaultInitializer()
static Locale	getDefaultLocale() Obtain the default locale setted in I18n.
protected static I18nFilter	getFilter()
protected static I18nLanguage	getLanguage(Locale locale) Obtain the language for the given locale.
static I18nMessageFormatter	getMessageFormatter()
static I18nStore	getStore() Get the i18n store.
static void	init(I18nInitializer initializer, Locale locale) Initialize I18n system.
protected static void	initStore(I18nInitializer initializer, Locale locale) Init the store with given parameters and set the current language in the store to the default given locale.
static String	l_(Locale locale, String message, Object... args) Retourne la chaine traduite si possible dans la locale demandée.
static String	n_(String message, Object... args) Retourne la chaine passée en argument.
static void	reload()
static void	setDefaultLocale(Locale locale) Sets the default locale used by I18n for the method _(String, Object...).
static void	setFilter(I18nFilter filter) Change le filtre des chaines traduites

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

initializer

@Deprecated
protected static I18nInitializer initializer

Deprecated. since 2.1, will be removed in version 3.0, in stead use the method init(I18nInitializer, Locale) which will pass directly the initializer to the store.

I18n initializer,

store

protected static I18nStore store

I18n store of languages

filter

protected static I18nFilter filter

Filtre a appliquer avant de retourner les chaines

messageFormatter

protected static I18nMessageFormatter messageFormatter

Formatter to apply on each translation.

This formatter can not be configured directly here, but must be setted into the initializer used to configure the I18n system.

Since:

2.4

See Also:

I18nInitializer.setMessageFormatter(I18nMessageFormatter)

Constructor Detail

I18n

public I18n()

Method Detail

setFilter

public static void setFilter(I18nFilter filter)

Change le filtre des chaines traduites

Parameters:

filter - l'objet filtre a utiliser

init

public static void init(I18nInitializer initializer,
                        Locale locale)

Initialize I18n system.

The initializer can be null, in that case it will use the default implementation of it given by the method getDefaultInitializer().

The locale can also be null, and in that case we will use the default locale of the system given by the method Locale.getDefault().

We strongly recommand not to use the default initializer, since this one scanq all the class-path to detects i18n files and can NOT garantee the order of loading such files.

Prefer use at least the DefaultI18nInitializer instead.

In version 3.0, we will try to make the DefaultI18nInitializer the default initializer using a convention over i18n files names.

Parameters:

initializer - the initializer to use to detect bundles

locale - the default locale to use

Since:

2.1

reload

public static void reload()

setDefaultLocale

public static void setDefaultLocale(Locale locale)

Sets the default locale used by I18n for the method _(String, Object...). *

As a side effect, it will also set this locale is the default locale in the system (says the method Locale.getDefault() will return the given locale).

Note : The I18n system must have been initialized by one of the init method.

Parameters:

locale - the new default locale.

Since:

2.1

getDefaultLocale

public static Locale getDefaultLocale()

Obtain the default locale setted in I18n. This very locale is used in translation when no locale information is given (says in method _(String, Object...).

Note : The I18n system must have been initialized by one of the init method.

Returns:

the default locale initialized in I18n

l_

public static String l_(Locale locale,
                        String message,
                        Object... args)

Retourne la chaine traduite si possible dans la locale demandée.

Parameters:

locale - la locale dans lequel on souhaite la traduction

message - message formate avec I18nMessageFormatter

args - les parametres pour le message.

Returns:

la traduction si possible ou la chaine passee en parametre sinon.

Since:

2.1

_

public static String _(String message,
                       Object... args)

Retourne la chaine traduite si possible.

Parameters:

message - message formate avec I18nMessageFormatter

args - les parametres pour le message.

Returns:

la traduction si possible ou la chaine passee en parametre sinon.

n_

public static String n_(String message,
                        Object... args)

Retourne la chaine passée en argument.

Utile surtout pour collecter les chaines et ne pas les traduires à leur apparition.

Par exemple :

String key = "nuitonutils.key";
 String result = l_(key)

fonctionnera, mais la chaine n'aura pas été marquée comme devant être internationalisé.

Tres utile par exemple, pour crée des objets non internationnalisé, et devant être traduit seulement à leur lecture suivant la locale du lecteur et non du créateur.

Parameters:

message - message formate avec I18nMessageFormatter

args - les parametres pour le message.

Returns:

le message passe en argument mais formatté avec les parametres

close

public static void close()

Close i18n caches, says the store if exists.

This method should be called to reset all caches (languages, bundles,...)

getStore

public static I18nStore getStore()

Get the i18n store.

If store is not init, then instanciate it.

Returns:

the instanciated i18n store

applyFilter

protected static String applyFilter(String message)

Applique le filtre s'il y en a un

Parameters:

message - le message qui devrait etre retourne avant application du filtre.

Returns:

le message filtre

getCurrentLanguage

protected static I18nLanguage getCurrentLanguage()

Obtain the registred language from the store.

If no language were registred in the store, then use the language with the default locale of the store.

Returns:

the current language of the store, or the default one if store is not init.

getLanguage

protected static I18nLanguage getLanguage(Locale locale)

Obtain the language for the given locale.

If locale is null, it means we wants to use the language registred in the store.

As a fallback if this language is not defined, we use the language of the default locale of the store.

Parameters:

locale - the required locale or null if we wants to use the one from the store

Returns:

the language associated with the given locale.

Since:

2.1

getFilter

protected static I18nFilter getFilter()

getMessageFormatter

public static I18nMessageFormatter getMessageFormatter()

initStore

protected static void initStore(I18nInitializer initializer,
                                Locale locale)
                         throws NullPointerException

Init the store with given parameters and set the current language in the store to the default given locale.

All values must be none null.

Parameters:

initializer - the initializer to use to detect bundles

locale - the default locale to set in the store

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any parameter is null

getDefaultInitializer

protected static I18nInitializer getDefaultInitializer()

checkInit

protected static void checkInit()

Checks if the I18n was initialized and if not as a fall-back, init it with default initializer and default locale. It could not works for you... A call to the method init(I18nInitializer, Locale) is mandatory if you want to be safe.

Since:

2.1