org.opencms.i18n
Class CmsResourceBundleLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.opencms.i18n.CmsResourceBundleLoader

public final class CmsResourceBundleLoader
extends java.lang.Object

Resource bundle loader for property based resource bundles from OpenCms that has a flushable cache.

The main reason for implementing this is that the Java default resource bundle loading mechanism provided by ResourceBundle.getBundle(java.lang.String, java.util.Locale) uses a cache that can NOT be flushed by any standard means. This means for every simple change in a resource bundle, the Java VM (and the webapp container that runs OpenCms) must be restarted. This non-standard resource bundle loader avoids this by providing a flushable cache.

In case the requested bundle can not be found, a fallback mechanism to ResourceBundle.getBundle(java.lang.String, java.util.Locale) is used to look up the resource bundle with the Java default resource bundle loading mechanism.

Since:

6.2.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

Alexander Kandzior

See Also:

ResourceBundle, PropertyResourceBundle, CmsResourceBundle

Method Summary

static void	flushBundleCache() Flushes the resource bundle cache.
static java.util.ResourceBundle	getBundle(java.lang.String baseName, java.util.Locale locale) Get the appropriate ResourceBundle for the given locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

flushBundleCache

public static void flushBundleCache()

Flushes the resource bundle cache.

getBundle

public static java.util.ResourceBundle getBundle(java.lang.String baseName,
                                                 java.util.Locale locale)

Get the appropriate ResourceBundle for the given locale. The following strategy is used:

A sequence of candidate bundle names are generated, and tested in this order, where the suffix 1 means the string from the specified locale, and the suffix 2 means the string from the default locale:

• baseName + "_" + language1 + "_" + country1 + "_" + variant1
• baseName + "_" + language1 + "_" + country1
• baseName + "_" + language1
• baseName + "_" + language2 + "_" + country2 + "_" + variant2
• baseName + "_" + language2 + "_" + country2
• baseName + "_" + language2
• baseName

In the sequence, entries with an empty string are ignored. Next, getBundle tries to instantiate the resource bundle:

• This implementation only resolves property based resource bundles. Class based resource bundles are nor found.
• A search is made for a property resource file, by replacing '.' with '/' and appending ".properties", and using ClassLoader.getResource(). If a file is found, then a PropertyResourceBundle is created from the file's contents.

If no resource bundle was found, the default resource bundle loader is used to look for the resource bundle. Class based resource bundles will be found now.

Parameters:

baseName - the name of the ResourceBundle

locale - A locale

Returns:

the desired resource bundle