BBTranslationBundle::getTranslation

Description

In BBj 9.00 and higher, this method returns a translation valued based on specified criteria.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

string

getTranslation(string key)

getTranslation(string key, string defaultValue)

getTranslation(string key, string defaultValue, boolean addIfNotFound)

getTranslation(Locale locale, string key)

getTranslation(Locale locale, string key, string defaultValue)

getTranslation(Locale locale, string key, string defaultValue, boolean addIfNotFound)

Parameters

Variable

Description

andIfNotFound

TRUE (1) if the key with the defaultValue should be added when not found.

defaultValue

Specifies the return value if the key is not found; by default, the key will be returned when not found.

key

Specifies the key to get a translation for.

locale

Specifies a HashMap where the key is the Java locale and the value is the translation value.

Return Value

If a translation is found with that passed key then the translation value is returned. If not found and a default value was specified, the default value will be returned. If not found and a default value was not specified, the passed in key will be returned. When not found, they key and default can be optionally added to the translations.

Example

rem Demo on how to use BBTranslator, BBTranslationBundle, and BBTranslations

rem Use statements

use ::bbtranslator.bbj::BBTranslator
use ::bbtranslator.bbj::BBTranslationBundle
use ::bbtranslator.bbj::BBTranslations
use java.lang.System
use java.util.Locale
use java.util.HashMap
use java.util.Collection
use java.util.Iterator

rem Declares

declare BBjAPI              api!
declare BBjString           bundleDir$
declare BBjString           bundleName$
declare BBTranslationBundle bundle!
declare BBTranslator        germanTranslator!
declare Collection          translationsKeys!
declare Iterator            translationsIter!
declare BBjString           translationsKey$
declare BBjString           translation$
declare BBTranslations      enTranslations!
declare HashMap             newTranslations!

rem Get a reference to the BBjAPI
api! = BBjAPI()

rem Set the bundle name
bundleName$ = "sample"

rem Use the translations directory for the bundle directory
bundleDir$ = System.getProperty("basis.BBjHome") + "/utils/translations/"

rem Create the bundle
bundle! = BBTranslationBundle.getBundle(bundleName$,bundleDir$)

rem There are mutliple ways to add a translation
rem Add a translation one at a time to a particlular locale in the translation bundle.

enTranslations! = bundle!.getTranslations(new Locale("en"))

print "Adding Key1/Value1 individually..."
enTranslations!.addTranslation("Key1","Value1")

print "Adding Key2/Value2 individually..."
enTranslations!.addTranslation("Key2","Value2")

rem Add new translations via a hashmap to a particlular locale in the translation bundle

print "Adding Key3/Value3 and Key4/Key5 at once per HashMap..."
newTranslations! = new HashMap()

newTranslations!.put("Key3","Value3")
newTranslations!.put("Key4","Value4")

enTranslations!.addTranslations(newTranslations!)

rem Add a translation to multiple locales in the translation bundle
print "Adding the key Hello with values for multiple locales..."

declare HashMap newTranslation!
newTranslation! = new HashMap()
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("en"),"hello")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("es"),"hola")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("it"),"cioa")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("fr"),"bonjour")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("nl"),"hallo")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("de"),"guten tag")
newTranslation!.put(new Locale("sv"),"god dag")

bundle!.addTranslation("hello",newTranslation!)

rem Save the bundle
bundle!.save()
print "Translation bundle saved to: ",bundle!.getDirectory()

rem Get a translation from the bundle
rem A translator can be used for convience to get translations or a single translation from
rem a translation bundle on a per locale basis

germanTranslator! = BBTranslator.getInstance(bundleName$,"de",null(),bundleDir$)

rem To get a single translation
translationKey$ = "hello"
translation$ = germanTranslator!.getTranslation(translationKey$)
print "The German translation for key [",translationKey$,"] is [",translation$,"]"

rem To get all translation for a locale
translationsKeys! = enTranslations!.getKeys()
translationsIter! = translationsKeys!.iterator()

while translationsIter!.hasNext()
    translationKey$ = str(translationsIter!.next())
    translation$ = entranslations!.getTranslation(translationKey$)
    print "The English translation for key [",translationKey$,"] is [",translation$,"]"
wend

See Also

BBj Object Syntax