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Class Translator

java.lang.Object
  data.Translator

public class Translator
extends java.lang.Object

This class is the main construct for serving strings to requesting classes depending on the language setting. It reads all language info from the persistance layer and provides atoms of it on request.

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	dictionary
private org.dom4j.Document	document
private java.lang.String	language
private java.lang.String	languageName
private Launcher	launcher
private org.dom4j.Element	root
private java.lang.String	worddatabase

Constructor Summary

Translator(Launcher launcher)
The constructor creates a document object containing the XML content of the language file.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDictionary()
java.lang.String	getLanguage()
java.lang.String	getLanguageName()
java.util.Vector<java.lang.String>	getLanguages() This method gets all languages from the language file.
java.lang.String	getTranslation(java.lang.String id) Used to get a String in the current language.
java.lang.String	getWorddatabase()
private void	loadDictionary()
private void	loadWorddatabase()
void	setLanguage(java.lang.String languageName) Set the new language to use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

language

private java.lang.String language

languageName

private java.lang.String languageName

dictionary

private java.lang.String dictionary

worddatabase

private java.lang.String worddatabase

launcher

private Launcher launcher

document

private org.dom4j.Document document

root

private org.dom4j.Element root

Constructor Detail

Translator

public Translator(Launcher launcher)

The constructor creates a document object containing the XML content of the language file. It also sets the default language.

Parameters:

Launcher - launcher - the parent class, used to reference the GUI objects

Method Detail

getLanguages

public java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> getLanguages()

This method gets all languages from the language file.

Returns:

Vector languages The languages

getTranslation

public java.lang.String getTranslation(java.lang.String id)

Used to get a String in the current language. This is the method called by all other classes to receive a certain language-specific string.

Parameters:

String - id The id of the component the String belongs to. The id is specified by the keys of the language xml file.

Returns:

The String in the current language.

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(java.lang.String languageName)

Set the new language to use. Classes use this method to request switching the language context.

Parameters:

languageName - The new language.

getLanguage

public java.lang.String getLanguage()

getLanguageName

public java.lang.String getLanguageName()

getDictionary

public java.lang.String getDictionary()

loadDictionary

private void loadDictionary()

getWorddatabase

public java.lang.String getWorddatabase()

loadWorddatabase

private void loadWorddatabase()