Index (Frames) | Index (No Frames) | Package | Package Tree | Tree
java.util

Class ListResourceBundle

java.lang.Object
|
+--java.util.ResourceBundle
   |
   +--java.util.ListResourceBundle


public abstract class ListResourceBundle

extends ResourceBundle

A ListResouceBundle provides an easy way, to create your own resource bundle. It is an abstract class that you can subclass. You should then overwrite the getContents method, that provides a key/value list.

The key/value list is a two dimensional list of Object. The first dimension ranges over the resources. The second dimension ranges from zero (key) to one (value). The keys must be of type String, and they are case-sensitive. For example:

public class MyResources
extends ListResourceBundle
{
public Object[][] getContents()
{
return contents;
}
static final Object[][] contents =
{
// LOCALIZED STRINGS
{"s1", "The disk \"{1}\" contains {0}."},  // MessageFormat pattern
{"s2", "1"},                       // location of {0} in pattern
{"s3", "My Disk"},                 // sample disk name
{"s4", "no files"},                // first ChoiceFormat choice
{"s5", "one file"},                // second ChoiceFormat choice
{"s6", "{0,number} files"}         // third ChoiceFormat choice
{"s7", "3 Mar 96"},                // sample date
{"s8", new Dimension(1,5)}         // real object, not just string
// END OF LOCALIZED MATERIAL
};
}

Since:Authors:See Also:

Constructor Summary

ListResourceBundle()

The constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object[][]getContents()

Gets the key/value list.
java.util.EnumerationgetKeys()

This method should return all keys for which a resource exists.
java.lang.ObjecthandleGetObject(java.lang.String key)

Gets a resource for a given key.

Constructor Details

ListResourceBundle

public ListResourceBundle()

The constructor. It does nothing special.


Method Details

getContents

protected Object[][] getContents()

Gets the key/value list. You must override this method, and should not provide duplicate keys or null entries.

Returns:


getKeys

public Enumeration getKeys()

This method should return all keys for which a resource exists.

Returns:


handleGetObject

public final Object handleGetObject(java.lang.String key)

Gets a resource for a given key. This is called by getObject.

Parameters:

Returns: