Package org.springframework.context.support

Class MessageSourceAccessor

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor

public class MessageSourceAccessor
extends Object

Helper class for easy access to messages from a MessageSource, providing various overloaded getMessage methods.

Available from ApplicationObjectSupport, but also reusable as a standalone helper to delegate to in application objects.

Since:

23.10.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• ApplicationObjectSupport.getMessageSourceAccessor()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MessageSourceAccessor(MessageSource messageSource)	Create a new MessageSourceAccessor, using LocaleContextHolder's locale as default locale.
MessageSourceAccessor(MessageSource messageSource, Locale defaultLocale)	Create a new MessageSourceAccessor, using the given default locale.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Locale	getDefaultLocale()	Return the default locale to use if no explicit locale has been given.
String	getMessage(String code)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args, String defaultMessage)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args, String defaultMessage, Locale locale)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args, Locale locale)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, String defaultMessage)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, String defaultMessage, Locale locale)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.
String	getMessage(String code, Locale locale)	Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.
String	getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable)	Retrieve the given MessageSourceResolvable (for example, an ObjectError instance) in the default Locale.
String	getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, Locale locale)	Retrieve the given MessageSourceResolvable (for example, an ObjectError instance) in the given Locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MessageSourceAccessor

public MessageSourceAccessor(MessageSource messageSource)

Create a new MessageSourceAccessor, using LocaleContextHolder's locale as default locale.

Parameters:

messageSource - the MessageSource to wrap

See Also:

• LocaleContextHolder.getLocale()

MessageSourceAccessor

public MessageSourceAccessor(MessageSource messageSource,
 Locale defaultLocale)

Create a new MessageSourceAccessor, using the given default locale.

Parameters:

messageSource - the MessageSource to wrap

defaultLocale - the default locale to use for message access

Method Details

getDefaultLocale

protected Locale getDefaultLocale()

Return the default locale to use if no explicit locale has been given.

The default implementation returns the default locale passed into the corresponding constructor, or LocaleContextHolder's locale as fallback. Can be overridden in subclasses.

See Also:

• MessageSourceAccessor(org.springframework.context.MessageSource, java.util.Locale)
• LocaleContextHolder.getLocale()

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 String defaultMessage)

Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

defaultMessage - the String to return if the lookup fails

Returns:

the message

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 String defaultMessage,
 Locale locale)

Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

defaultMessage - the String to return if the lookup fails

locale - the Locale in which to do lookup

Returns:

the message

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 @Nullable
 Object[] args,
 String defaultMessage)

Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

args - arguments for the message, or null if none

defaultMessage - the String to return if the lookup fails

Returns:

the message

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 @Nullable
 Object[] args,
 String defaultMessage,
 Locale locale)

Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

args - arguments for the message, or null if none

defaultMessage - the String to return if the lookup fails

locale - the Locale in which to do lookup

Returns:

the message

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 Locale locale)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

locale - the Locale in which to do lookup

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 @Nullable
 Object[] args)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the message for the given code and the default Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

args - arguments for the message, or null if none

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found

getMessage

public String getMessage(String code,
 @Nullable
 Object[] args,
 Locale locale)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the message for the given code and the given Locale.

Parameters:

code - the code of the message

args - arguments for the message, or null if none

locale - the Locale in which to do lookup

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found

getMessage

public String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the given MessageSourceResolvable (for example, an ObjectError instance) in the default Locale.

Parameters:

resolvable - the MessageSourceResolvable

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found

getMessage

public String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable,
 Locale locale)
                  throws NoSuchMessageException

Retrieve the given MessageSourceResolvable (for example, an ObjectError instance) in the given Locale.

Parameters:

resolvable - the MessageSourceResolvable

locale - the Locale in which to do lookup

Returns:

the message

Throws:

NoSuchMessageException - if not found