org.alfresco.repo.i18n

Interface MessageService

All Superinterfaces:

org.alfresco.service.cmr.i18n.MessageLookup, org.alfresco.repo.tenant.TenantDeployer

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessageServiceImpl

public interface MessageService
extends org.alfresco.repo.tenant.TenantDeployer, org.alfresco.service.cmr.i18n.MessageLookup

Utility class providing methods to access the Locale of the current thread and to get Localised strings. These strings may be loaded from resource bundles deployed in the Repository.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getBaseBundleName(java.lang.String resourceName)
java.util.Locale	getContentLocale() Get the content local for the current thread. This will revert to MessageService.getLocale() if no value has been defined.
java.util.Locale	getLocale() Get the general local for the current thread, will revert to the default locale if none specified for this thread.
java.util.Locale	getNearestLocale(java.util.Locale templateLocale, java.util.Set options) Searches for the nearest locale from the available options.
java.util.Set	getRegisteredBundles() Get set of registered message resource bundles
java.util.ResourceBundle	getRepoResourceBundle(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.StoreRef storeRef, java.lang.String path, java.util.Locale locale) Get message resource bundle from the repository note: also used by Web Client (ResourceBundleWrapper)
java.util.Locale	parseLocale(java.lang.String localeStr) Factory method to create a Locale from a lang_country_variant string.
void	register(MessageDeployer messageDeployer) Register message deployer with message service
void	registerResourceBundle(java.lang.String bundleBasePath) Register a resource bundle.
void	setContentLocale(java.util.Locale locale) Set the content locale for the current thread.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale) Set the locale for the current thread.
void	unregisterResourceBundle(java.lang.String resBundlePath) Unregister a resource bundle

Methods inherited from interface org.alfresco.repo.tenant.TenantDeployer

destroy, init, onDisableTenant, onEnableTenant

Methods inherited from interface org.alfresco.service.cmr.i18n.MessageLookup

getMessage, getMessage, getMessage, getMessage

Method Detail

setLocale

void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

Set the locale for the current thread.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

getLocale

java.util.Locale getLocale()

Get the general local for the current thread, will revert to the default locale if none specified for this thread.

Returns:

the general locale

setContentLocale

void setContentLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

Set the content locale for the current thread.

Parameters:

locale - the content locale

getContentLocale

java.util.Locale getContentLocale()

Get the content local for the current thread.
This will revert to MessageService.getLocale() if no value has been defined.

Returns:

Returns the content locale

getNearestLocale

java.util.Locale getNearestLocale(java.util.Locale templateLocale,
                                java.util.Set options)

Searches for the nearest locale from the available options. To match any locale, pass in null.

Parameters:

templateLocale - the template to search for or null to match any locale

options - the available locales to search from

Returns:

Returns the best match from the available options, or the null if all matches fail

parseLocale

java.util.Locale parseLocale(java.lang.String localeStr)

Factory method to create a Locale from a lang_country_variant string.

Parameters:

localeStr - e.g. fr_FR

Returns:

Returns the locale instance, or the default if the string is invalid

registerResourceBundle

void registerResourceBundle(java.lang.String bundleBasePath)

Register a resource bundle.

This should be the bundle base path eg, alfresco/messages/errors or, workspace://SpaceStore/app:company_home/app:dictionary/app:labels/cm:errors

Once registered the messages will be available via getMessage, assuming the bundle resource exists at the given path location.

Parameters:

bundleBaseName - the bundle base path

unregisterResourceBundle

void unregisterResourceBundle(java.lang.String resBundlePath)

Unregister a resource bundle

This should be the bundle base path eg alfresco/messages/errors or workspace://SpaceStore/app:company_home/app:dictionary/app:labels/cm:errors

Once unregistered the messages will no longer be available via getMessage

Parameters:

bundleBaseName - the bundle base path

getRepoResourceBundle

java.util.ResourceBundle getRepoResourceBundle(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.StoreRef storeRef,
                                             java.lang.String path,
                                             java.util.Locale locale)
                                               throws java.io.IOException

Get message resource bundle from the repository note: also used by Web Client (ResourceBundleWrapper)

Parameters:

storeRef - store ref

path - repository path (XPath)

locale - locale

Returns:

input stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getRegisteredBundles

java.util.Set getRegisteredBundles()

Get set of registered message resource bundles

Returns:

set of registered bundles

register

void register(MessageDeployer messageDeployer)

Register message deployer with message service

Parameters:

messageDeployer -

getBaseBundleName

java.lang.String getBaseBundleName(java.lang.String resourceName)