com.calitha.resource
Class TextResource

java.lang.Object
  com.calitha.resource.Resource
      com.calitha.resource.TextResource

All Implemented Interfaces:

IResource

public final class TextResource
extends Resource

A TextResource object respresents a text resource.

Text resources can be use to make an application support multi-language text messages.

Author:

Robert van Loenhout

Constructor Summary

TextResource(Locale locale, String namespace, String id, String text)
Creates a new TextResource object.

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Gets the content of the resource as a byte array.
String	getText() Gets the content of the resource as a text string.
String	getText(Charset encoding) Gets the content of the resource as a text string.
String	toString()
void	toString(StringBuffer buffer)

Methods inherited from class com.calitha.resource.Resource

createKey, equals, getId, getKey, getLocale, getMimetype, getNamespace, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextResource

public TextResource(Locale locale,
                    String namespace,
                    String id,
                    String text)

Creates a new TextResource object.

Parameters:

locale - locale

namespace - namespace

id - id

text - text

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an argument is null

Method Detail

getText

public String getText()

Description copied from interface: IResource

Gets the content of the resource as a text string.

Returns:

text

getText

public String getText(Charset encoding)

Description copied from interface: IResource

Gets the content of the resource as a text string.

Useful if the encoding is not part of the resource. For example a file that contains a text string.

Parameters:

encoding - character set such as UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1

Returns:

text

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()

Description copied from interface: IResource

Gets the content of the resource as a byte array.

Returns:

bytes

toString

public void toString(StringBuffer buffer)

Overrides:

toString in class Resource

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Resource