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java.lang.Object
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   +----java.util.ResourceBundle
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           +----gnu.gettext.GettextResource
  
 public abstract class GettextResource  
 extends ResourceBundle
This class implements the main GNU libintl functions in Java.
 
 Using the GNU gettext approach, compiled message catalogs are normal
 Java ResourceBundle classes and are thus interoperable with standard
 ResourceBundle based code.
 
 The main differences between the Sun ResourceBundle approach and the
 GNU gettext approach are:
 
   
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.
   
In the Sun approach, the translation files are called
       "
Resource_locale.properties" and have non-ASCII
       characters encoded in the Java
       
\unnnn syntax. Very few editors
       can natively display international characters in this format. In the
       GNU gettext approach, the translation files are called
       "
Resource.locale.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).
   
In the Sun approach, the function
       
ResourceBundle.getString throws a
       
MissingResourceException when no translation is found.
       In the GNU gettext approach, the 
gettext function
       returns the (English) message key in that case.
   
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
       
ngettext function.
 
 
 To compile GNU gettext message catalogs into Java ResourceBundle classes,
 the 
msgfmt program can be used.
  
Variable Index
  
  o 	
#verboseverbose   
 
  
Constructor Index
  
  o 	
#GettextResource()GettextResource ()
  
 
  
Method Index
  
  o 	
#gettext(java.util.ResourceBundle, java.lang.String)gettext (ResourceBundle, String)
  
  Returns the translation of msgid.
  
  o 	
#ngettext(java.util.ResourceBundle, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, long)ngettext (ResourceBundle, String, String, long)
  
  Returns the plural form for n of the translation of
 
msgid.
  
Variables
 o verbose public static boolean verbose
  
Constructors
 o GettextResource public GettextResource()
  
Methods
 o gettext  public static String gettext(ResourceBundle catalog,
                              String msgid)
  
 Returns the translation of msgid.
  
    
 Parameters:    
 catalog - a ResourceBundle
    
 msgid - the key string to be translated, an ASCII string
    
 Returns:    
 the translation of msgid, or msgid if
         none is found
  
 o ngettext  public static String ngettext(ResourceBundle catalog,
                               String msgid,
                               String msgid_plural,
                               long n)
  
 Returns the plural form for n of the translation of
 
msgid.
  
    
 Parameters:    
 catalog - a ResourceBundle
    
 msgid - the key string to be translated, an ASCII string
    
 msgid_plural - its English plural form
    
 Returns:    
 the translation of msgid depending on n,
         or 
msgid or msgid_plural if none is found
  
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