java.util
Class PropertyResourceBundle

java.lang.Object
  java.util.ResourceBundle
      java.util.PropertyResourceBundle

public class PropertyResourceBundle
extends ResourceBundle

This class is a concrete ResourceBundle that gets it resources from a property file. This implies that the resources are strings. For more information about resource bundles see the class ResourceBundle. You should not use this class directly, or subclass it, but you get an object of this class automatically when you call ResourceBundle.getBundle() and there is a properties file. If there is also a class for this resource and the same locale, the class will be chosen. The properties file should have the name of the resource bundle, appended with the locale (e.g. _de and the extension .properties. The file should have the same format as for Properties.load() An example of a properties file for the german language is given here. This extends the example given in ListResourceBundle. Create a file MyResource_de.properties with the following contents and put it in the CLASSPATH. (The char ä is the german umlaut)

s1=3
s2=MeineDisk
s3=3. März 96
s4=Die Diskette ''{1}'' enthält {0} in {2}.
s5=0
s6=keine Dateien
s7=1
s8=eine Datei
s9=2
s10={0,number} Dateien
s11=Die Formatierung warf eine Exception: {0}
s12=FEHLER
s13=Ergebnis
s14=Dialog
s15=Auswahlkriterium
s16=1,3

Since:

1.1

See Also:

ResourceBundle, ListResourceBundle, Properties.load(InputStream)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.ResourceBundle

parent

Constructor Summary

PropertyResourceBundle(InputStream stream)
Creates a new property resource bundle.

Method Summary

Enumeration	getKeys() This method should return all keys for which a resource exists.
Object	handleGetObject(String key) Called by getObject when a resource is needed.

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

PropertyResourceBundle

public PropertyResourceBundle(InputStream stream)
                       throws IOException

Creates a new property resource bundle.

Parameters:

stream - an input stream, where the resources are read from

Throws:

NullPointerException - if stream is null

IOException - if reading the stream fails

Method Detail

handleGetObject

public Object handleGetObject(String key)

Called by getObject when a resource is needed. This returns the resource given by the key.

Specified by:

handleGetObject in class ResourceBundle

Parameters:

key - the key of the resource

Returns:

the resource for the key, or null if it doesn't exist

getKeys

public Enumeration getKeys()

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

Specified by:

getKeys in class ResourceBundle

Returns:

an enumeration of the keys