com.webobjects.eoapplication
Class EOResourceBundle

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.ResourceBundle
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        +--com.webobjects.eoapplication.EOResourceBundle

public class EOResourceBundle

extends ResourceBundle

EOResourceBundles are registered with EOUserInterfaceParameters to localize icons and strings. EOResourceBundles search the application's bundles for all available icons (gif, jpg, jpeg, png) and string tables (plist files in Unicode) and loads the resources on demand. All string tables are merged together, so if you place multiple string tables in your frameworks and applications, all strings from all string tables will be available on the client.

User preferred language and platform information is used to find the appropriate resources/strings for the client if multiple choices are available. You create platform and language variants of resources in Project Builder (which basically means that you create copies of the resources in .lproj directories with names that indicate the platform). For example you can have an icon Apple.gif in multiple variants, English.lproj/Apple.gif, English.lproj/Apple-macos.gif, German.lproj/Apple.gif, German.lproj/Apple-macos.gif and EODefaultResourceBundle will use the right version for the client by checking the user preferred languages and the platform the client is running on.

Also, if an icon is available with the same name in multiple bundles, the version in the main bundle (the application bundle itself) is preferred over a version in the frameworks. So by placing an icon "ActionIconInspect.gif" in your application, you can "override" the default inspect icon provided by the WebObjects frameworks.

Fields inherited from class java.util.ResourceBundle

parent

Constructor Summary

EOResourceBundle()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

Enumeration	getKeys() Returns an enumeration of all available keys registered in the resource bundle.
protected Object	handleGetObject(String key) Returns the localized resource (a string or an icon) which is registered with the key key in the resource bundle.

Methods inherited from class java.util.ResourceBundle

getBundle, getBundle, getBundle, getLocale, getObject, getString, getStringArray, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EOResourceBundle

public EOResourceBundle()

Default constructor. Calls super's implementation.

Method Detail

getKeys

public Enumeration getKeys()

Returns an enumeration of all available keys registered in the resource bundle.

Overrides:

getKeys in class ResourceBundle

Returns:

an enumeration of all available keys

handleGetObject

protected Object handleGetObject(String key)
                          throws MissingResourceException

Returns the localized resource (a string or an icon) which is registered with the key key in the resource bundle. Throws a MissingResourceException if the resource is not found.

Overrides:

handleGetObject in class ResourceBundle

Parameters:

key - the key to look up

Returns:

the localized resource