Thanks, Ken. This exactly what I need, should have talked to you before
duplicating the effort.
thx
Senthil
Ken Paulsen wrote:
>
> There's a Utility class in jsftemplating that does this:
>
> com.sun.jsftemplating.util.MessageUtil
>
> See the methods:
>
> getInstance()
> String getMessage(String baseName, String key)
> String getMessage(String baseName, String key, Object args[])
> String getMessage(Locale locale, String baseName, String key,
> Object args[])
>
> It includes message formatting, and caching of ResourceBundles in the
> same way that $resource{} does. Do these methods meet your needs? If
> not what's missing? NOTE: There's also a LogUtil.java class in the
> same package that includes Logging api's (which also uses these
> message api's when localizing log messages).
>
> Ken
>
>
> Senthil Chidambaram wrote:
>
>> I'm attaching the file GuiUtil.java for your review, and to make sure
>> what I'm doing is correct. I've added methods to pull out the strings
>> from the properties file. I need this bcz. the FacesServlet isn't
>> initialized when the login.jsp is invoked, so I can't use the
>> getMessage() method which was already checked. Could you pls review,
>> and let me know.
>>
>> thx
>> Senthil
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
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>> *
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>> *
>> * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>> */
>>
>>/*
>> * GuiUtil.java
>> *
>> * Created on August 10, 2006, 9:19 PM
>> *
>> * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
>> * and open the template in the editor.
>> */
>>
>>
>>package com.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.util;
>>
>>import com.sun.jsftemplating.util.Util;
>>import com.sun.jsftemplating.resource.ResourceBundleManager;
>>
>>import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
>>
>>import java.util.Locale;
>>import java.util.ResourceBundle;
>>import java.util.MissingResourceException;
>>
>>import java.text.MessageFormat;
>>
>>import java.lang.Exception;
>>import java.lang.NullPointerException;
>>
>>
>>/**
>> *
>> * @author anilam
>> */
>>public class GuiUtil {
>>
>> /** Creates a new instance of GuiUtil */
>> public GuiUtil() {
>> }
>>
>>
>> //return true if the String is null or is """
>> public static boolean isEmpty(String str){
>> return (str == null || "".equals(str) )? true : false;
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> * returns the strings from com.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.Strings
>> * if no such key exists, return the key itself.
>> */
>> public static String getMessage(String key){
>>
>> try{
>> // Get the Resource Bundle
>> System.out.println("INSIDE GET MESSGE");
>> ResourceBundle bundle = (ResourceBundle) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap().get(I18N_RESOURCE_BUNDLE);
>> System.out.println("BUNDLE = "+ bundle);
>>
>> if (bundle == null){
>> System.out.println("bundle is null");
>> Locale locale = com.sun.jsftemplating.util.Util.getLocale(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance());
>> bundle = ResourceBundleManager.getInstance().getBundle(RESOURCE_NAME, locale);
>> // Store it in the Request Map
>> FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put(I18N_RESOURCE_BUNDLE, bundle);
>> }
>> String ret = bundle.getString(key);
>> System.out.println("RETURN = "+ret);
>> return (ret==null) ? key : ret;
>> }catch (NullPointerException ex){
>> return "";
>> }catch (Exception ex1){
>> return key;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> * returns the strings from baseName
>> * if no such key exists, return the key itself.
>> */
>> public static String getMessage(String baseName, String key, Object[] args, Locale locale) {
>> if (key == null) {
>> return null;
>> }
>> if(locale == null) {
>> locale = Locale.getDefault();
>> }
>> ResourceBundle bundle = getResourceBundle(baseName, locale);
>>
>> if(args == null) {
>> return getMessageFromBundle(key, bundle);
>> }
>> String pattern = getMessageFromBundle(key, bundle);
>> MessageFormat mf = new MessageFormat(pattern);
>>
>> Object[] mfArgs = new Object[args.length];
>> for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
>> mfArgs[i] = getMessageFromBundle(args[i].toString(), bundle);
>> }
>> key = mf.format(mfArgs);
>> return key;
>> }
>>
>> private static String getMessageFromBundle(String key, ResourceBundle bundle) {
>> try {
>> key = bundle.getString(key);
>> }
>> catch (MissingResourceException ex) {
>> }
>> return key;
>> }
>>
>>
>> private static ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(String baseName, Locale locale){
>> if (baseName == null){
>> System.out.println("bundle is null");
>> baseName = RESOURCE_NAME;
>> }
>> ResourceBundle bundle = null;
>> try{
>> // Get the Resource Bundle
>> bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName, locale);
>> }catch (MissingResourceException ex){
>> try {
>> bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName);
>> }
>> catch (MissingResourceException ex1){
>> bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(RESOURCE_NAME);
>> }
>> }
>> return bundle;
>> }
>>
>> public static final String I18N_RESOURCE_BUNDLE = "__i18n_resource_bundle";
>> public static final String RESOURCE_NAME = "com.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.resources.Strings";
>>}
>>
>>