org.springframework.context: public interface: MessageSource

org.springframework.context
public interface: MessageSource [javadoc | source]

Strategy interface for resolving messages, with support for the parameterization and internationalization of such messages.

Spring provides two out-of-the-box implementations for production:

org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource , built on top of the standard java.util.ResourceBundle
org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource , being able to reload message definitions without restarting the VM

Also see:

org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource

org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource

author: Rod - Johnson

author: Juergen - Hoeller

Method from org.springframework.context.MessageSource Summary:
getMessage, getMessage, getMessage

Method from org.springframework.context.MessageSource Detail:
public String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException Try to resolve the message using all the attributes contained within the `MessageSourceResolvable` argument that was passed in. NOTE: We must throw a `NoSuchMessageException` on this method since at the time of calling this method we aren't able to determine if the `defaultMessage` property of the resolvable is null or not.
public String getMessage(String code, Object[] args, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException Try to resolve the message. Treat as an error if the message can't be found.
public String getMessage(String code, Object[] args, String defaultMessage, Locale locale) Try to resolve the message. Return default message if no message was found.

Method from org.springframework.context.MessageSource Detail:

 public String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable,
    Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageExceptionTry to resolve the message using all the attributes contained within the
MessageSourceResolvable argument that was passed in.
NOTE: We must throw a NoSuchMessageException on this method
since at the time of calling this method we aren't able to determine if the
defaultMessage property of the resolvable is null or not.

 public String getMessage(String code,
    Object[] args,
    Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageExceptionTry to resolve the message. Treat as an error if the message can't be found.

 public String getMessage(String code,
    Object[] args,
    String defaultMessage,
    Locale locale)Try to resolve the message. Return default message if no message was found.