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Mike Bray (Quote Loader Author)

30 May, 2018 02:15 PM

Is there a safe way to get the value of a language dependent string? For example Account.get.SecuritySubType returns a string which comes from the dictionaries, i.e. "mutualSubType_etf" = "Exchange Traded Fund", which will change with language. If I wish to know the difference between the Mutual Funds type subtypes ETFs and Money Market Funds how can I test for this without hardcoding the English into the extension?

Is there a list of constants available to interrogate language dependent strings?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Sean Reilly on 31 May, 2018 10:35 AM

   

   Hi Mike,

   Great question! It looks like the security subtypes are all stored as already-localised strings, since we thought customers would want to add or edit their subtype names.

   The default subtypes from from the com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.SecuritySubtypeManager class which includes the following method. You can get the resource IDs from the code or feel free to copy the whole thing:

    private List<String> getDefaultSubtypes(SecurityType securityType, MDResourceProvider resources) {
       switch (securityType) {
         case MUTUAL:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("mutualSubType_US"),
                                resources.getStr("mutualSubType_intl"),
                                resources.getStr("mutualSubType_bond"),
                                resources.getStr("mutualSubType_balanced"),
                                resources.getStr("mutualSubType_money"),
                                resources.getStr("mutualSubType_etf"));
         case BOND:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("bondSubType_corp"),
                                resources.getStr("bondSubType_muni"),
                                resources.getStr("bondSubType_revenue"),
                                resources.getStr("bondSubType_junk"));
         case OPTION:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("optionSubType_nonqual"),
                                resources.getStr("optionSubType_incentive"));
         case OTHER:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("otherSubType_realestate"),
                                resources.getStr("otherSubType_gold"),
                                resources.getStr("otherSubType_oil"));
         case CD:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("cdSubType_fixed"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_variable"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_callable"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_liquid"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_bumpup"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_broker"),
                                resources.getStr("cdSubType_zerocoupon"));
         case STOCK:
         default:
           return Arrays.asList(resources.getStr("stockSubType_largecap"),
                                resources.getStr("stockSubType_midcap"),
                                resources.getStr("stockSubType_smallcap"),
                                resources.getStr("stockSubType_growth"),
                                resources.getStr("stockSubType_value"));
       }
     }
   

   Thanks!

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

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2. 2 Posted by Mike Bray (Quot... on 31 May, 2018 11:27 AM

   

   Thanks Sean

   I was looking at it but could not get a link to 'resources' which I
   assume is set up within the product. How do I get this?
   Regards
   Mike

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3. 3 Posted by Mike Bray (Quot... on 31 May, 2018 12:56 PM

   

   Hi Sean

   I think I have cracked it. I have created a utility class that implements MDResourceProvider when created does:

       objUserPref = UserPreferences.getInstance();
       objResources = objUserPref.getResources();
   

   The getstr("mutualSubType_etf") then does

   public String getStr(String strKey) {
       return objResources.getString(strKey);
   }
   

   and returns the string I want. It even comes out in French if the locale is French.
   Mike

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