platypus
Class Literals

java.lang.Object
  platypus.Literals

public class Literals
extends java.lang.Object

Handles getting literal strings from resource bundle. The default resource bundle, called Platypus.properties, must be present or the program aborts. It is in US English. If another language is used, please see documentation to access the appropriate resource bundle.

Author:

alb

Field Summary

private java.util.ResourceBundle	lits
private static Literals	thisInstance

Constructor Summary

private

Literals(java.lang.String resourceName) Open a resource bundle with the name: resourceName.properties In the event the resource bundle cannot be found, the program shuts down.

Method Summary

static Literals	getInstance()
java.lang.String	getLit(java.lang.String key) Looks up a literal in the resource bundle.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

thisInstance

private static final Literals thisInstance

lits

private java.util.ResourceBundle lits

Constructor Detail

Literals

private Literals(java.lang.String resourceName)

Open a resource bundle with the name: resourceName.properties In the event the resource bundle cannot be found, the program shuts down. Clearly, this is a fatal error. *

Parameters:

resourceName - name of the resource bundle

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Literals getInstance()

getLit

public java.lang.String getLit(java.lang.String key)

Looks up a literal in the resource bundle. In the event of error, it returns a string consisting of one blank. In this manner, the program will continue to work if someone has diddled with the resource file, but it will have one (or more) blank literals.

Parameters:

key - the name of the literal to be looked up

Returns:

the literal String that was searched for