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Getting MD internationalised strings

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Mike Bray (Quote Loader Author)

22 Apr, 2021 01:25 PM

I have an old extension that uses MDResourceProvider to create a GUI class. ie:

public class MRBGUI implements MDResourceProvider {
    private Resources resources;
    private UserPreferences userPref;

public MRBGUI () {
    userPref = UserPreferences.getInstance();
    resources = userPref.getResources();
}
@Override
public Icon getIcon(String arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return null;
}

@Override
public Image getImage(String arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return null;
}

@Override
public Resources getResources() {
    return resources;
}

@Override
public String getStr(String strKey) {
    return resources.getString(strKey);
}

public String getString(PeriodType type) {
    return resources.getString(type);
}
@Override
public MDStrings strings() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return null;
}

}

I use this to get strings: ie,

     gui=new MRBGUI();
        types = PeriodType.all();
        String[] typeStrings = new String[types.length];
        for (int i=0;i<types.length;i++) {
            typeStrings[i] = gui.getString(types[i]);
        }
        budgetTypesCB.setSelectedItem(gui.getString(PeriodType.MONTH));

I wish to get rid of this. Is there a better way of getting Internationalized strings?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Sean Reilly on 26 Apr, 2021 12:37 PM

   

   I would be very wary of this... extensions should be using their own localised strings as that API isn't promised to be stable and has recently changed a bit, but probably hasn't broken any extensions yet.

   If you'd still like to use it, you should be able to use .getUI().getStrings().getString("name_of_string_token"). Or maybe it's .getUI().getResources().getString("name_of_string_token")

   --
   Sean Reilly
   Developer, The Infinite Kind
   https://infinitekind.com

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2. System closed this discussion on 26 Jul, 2021 12:40 PM.