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/* * Copyright 2012 Mike Adamson * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.assemblade.utils.localisation; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.Properties; public class Localiser { private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Localiser.class); private static Localiser instance; private Properties localisedStrings; public static Localiser getInstance() { if (instance == null) { instance = new Localiser(); } return instance; } private Localiser() { localisedStrings = new Properties(); Locale current = Locale.getDefault(); String language = current.getLanguage(); String propertyFile = language + ".properties"; InputStream is = Localiser.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(propertyFile); if (is != null) { propertyFile = "en.properties"; is = Localiser.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(propertyFile); } if (is != null) { try { localisedStrings.load(is); } catch (IOException e) { log.error("Failed to load localised properties from resource: " + propertyFile, e); } } else { log.error("Could not find default localisation property file: " + propertyFile); } } public String translate(String string) { return localisedStrings.getProperty(string, string); } }