org.opensourcephysics.tools
Class ToolsRes

java.lang.Object
  org.opensourcephysics.tools.ToolsRes

public class ToolsRes
extends java.lang.Object

ToolsRes provides access to string resources for OSPControls and fires a property change event when the locale changes.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Wolfgang Christian

Method Summary

static void	addPropertyChangeListener(java.lang.String property, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener) Adds a PropertyChangeListener.
static java.lang.String	getLanguage() Gets the language for this locale.
static java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String key) Gets the localized value of a string.
static void	removePropertyChangeListener(java.lang.String property, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes a PropertyChangeListener.
static void	setLocale(java.util.Locale loc) Sets the locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getString

public static java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String key)

Gets the localized value of a string. If no localized value is found, the key is returned surrounded by exclamation points.

Parameters:

key - the string to localize

Returns:

the localized string

getLanguage

public static java.lang.String getLanguage()

Gets the language for this locale.

Returns:

String

setLocale

public static void setLocale(java.util.Locale loc)

Sets the locale.

Parameters:

loc - the locale

addPropertyChangeListener

public static void addPropertyChangeListener(java.lang.String property,
                                             java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)

Adds a PropertyChangeListener.

Parameters:

property - the name of the property (only "locale" accepted)

listener - the object requesting property change notification

removePropertyChangeListener

public static void removePropertyChangeListener(java.lang.String property,
                                                java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)

Removes a PropertyChangeListener.

Parameters:

property - the name of the property (only "locale" accepted)

listener - the listener requesting removal