Package net.sf.jaxodraw.plugin
Interface JaxoPluginDictionary
public interface JaxoPluginDictionary
A wrapper of JaxoDictionary for plugins.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionTranslate 'key' as a label (typically, by appending ": " to the default translation).Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating a single argument.Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating arguments.Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating two arguments.Translates the given string into the current default language.
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Method Details
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label
Translate 'key' as a label (typically, by appending ": " to the default translation).- Parameters:
key
- The key to translate.- Returns:
- The translation.
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translate
Translates the given string into the current default language.- Parameters:
key
- The key to translate.- Returns:
- The translated string, or an empty string if key itself is empty.
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message
Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating a single argument. Equivalent tomessage(String,Object[])
with second argumentnew Object[] {argument}
.- Parameters:
key
- The key to translate.argument
- An object.- Returns:
- The translated string.
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message
Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating two arguments. Equivalent tomessage(String,Object[])
with second argumentnew Object[] {argument1, argument2}
.- Parameters:
key
- The key to translate.argument1
- A first object.argument2
- A second object.- Returns:
- The translated string.
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message
Translates the given string into the current default language, interpolating arguments.If
arguments
is not empty, the translation ofkey
is used as aMessageFormat
pattern, thearguments
array is then used as the argument forFormat.format(Object)
.See the language.properties for notes on the parsing of MessageFormat patterns.
If however,
arguments
is empty, the key translation is not parsed as MessageFormat pattern (that way, themessage
methods can be used generically.)By convention, the keys for MessageFormat pattern (and only them) contain percentage signs, followed by a number (starting from zero, as MessageFormat), to denote the occurrence of arguments (e.g.
JaxoIO.read%0ReadFailed=File "{0}" could not be read.
). Then:- In the properties file, it is clear from the key whether the value is a MessageFormat pattern or a plain String.
- In the java source, one can see whether the actual number of arguments
matches the expected one (e.g.
message("JaxoIO.read%0ReadFailed", new Object[] { a, b});
can be seen to be incorrect.
- Parameters:
key
- The key to translate.arguments
- An array of objects (arguments for MessageFormat).- Returns:
- The translated string.
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