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Class gnu.gettext.GettextResource
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Class gnu.gettext.GettextResource
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java.lang.Object
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+----java.util.ResourceBundle
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+----gnu.gettext.GettextResource
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<dt> public abstract class <b>GettextResource</b>
<dt> extends ResourceBundle
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This class implements the main GNU libintl functions in Java.
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Using the GNU gettext approach, compiled message catalogs are normal
Java ResourceBundle classes and are thus interoperable with standard
ResourceBundle based code.
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The main differences between the Sun ResourceBundle approach and the
GNU gettext approach are:
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<LI>In the Sun approach, the keys are abstract textual shortcuts.
In the GNU gettext approach, the keys are the English/ASCII version
of the messages.
<LI>In the Sun approach, the translation files are called
"<VAR>Resource</VAR>_<VAR>locale</VAR>.properties" and have non-ASCII
characters encoded in the Java
<CODE>\</CODE><CODE>u<VAR>nnnn</VAR></CODE> syntax. Very few editors
can natively display international characters in this format. In the
GNU gettext approach, the translation files are called
"<VAR>Resource</VAR>.<VAR>locale</VAR>.po"
and are in the encoding the translator has chosen. Many editors
can be used. There are at least three GUI translating tools
(Emacs PO mode, KDE KBabel, GNOME gtranslator).
<LI>In the Sun approach, the function
<CODE>ResourceBundle.getString</CODE> throws a
<CODE>MissingResourceException</CODE> when no translation is found.
In the GNU gettext approach, the <CODE>gettext</CODE> function
returns the (English) message key in that case.
<LI>In the Sun approach, there is no support for plural handling.
Even the most elaborate MessageFormat strings cannot provide decent
plural handling. In the GNU gettext approach, we have the
<CODE>ngettext</CODE> function.
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To compile GNU gettext message catalogs into Java ResourceBundle classes,
the <CODE>msgfmt</CODE> program can be used.
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<a href="#GettextResource()"><b>GettextResource</b></a>()
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<a href="#gettext(java.util.ResourceBundle, java.lang.String)"><b>gettext</b></a>(ResourceBundle, String)
<dd> Returns the translation of <VAR>msgid</VAR>.
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<a href="#ngettext(java.util.ResourceBundle, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, long)"><b>ngettext</b></a>(ResourceBundle, String, String, long)
<dd> Returns the plural form for <VAR>n</VAR> of the translation of
<VAR>msgid</VAR>.
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<b>GettextResource</b>
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public GettextResource()
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public static String gettext(ResourceBundle catalog,
String msgid)
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<dd> Returns the translation of <VAR>msgid</VAR>.
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<dt> <b>Parameters:</b>
<dd> catalog - a ResourceBundle
<dd> msgid - the key string to be translated, an ASCII string
<dt> <b>Returns:</b>
<dd> the translation of <VAR>msgid</VAR>, or <VAR>msgid</VAR> if
none is found
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public static String ngettext(ResourceBundle catalog,
String msgid,
String msgid_plural,
long n)
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<dd> Returns the plural form for <VAR>n</VAR> of the translation of
<VAR>msgid</VAR>.
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<dt> <b>Parameters:</b>
<dd> catalog - a ResourceBundle
<dd> msgid - the key string to be translated, an ASCII string
<dd> msgid_plural - its English plural form
<dt> <b>Returns:</b>
<dd> the translation of <VAR>msgid</VAR> depending on <VAR>n</VAR>,
or <VAR>msgid</VAR> or <VAR>msgid_plural</VAR> if none is found
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