Package com.atlassian.confluence.util.i18n

Class Message

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.confluence.util.i18n.Message

public final class Message
extends Object

A user interface message consisting of a message key with optional arguments.

Typically, messages will be presented to the user by looking up their value in a properties file (or "bundle"), and applying MessageFormat to the value with any optional arguments. However, this class does not stipulate how the values held by this object might be used.

This class is immutable and thread-safe.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object[]	getArguments()	Returns the arguments to the message.
static Message	getInstance(String key)	Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and no arguments.
static Message	getInstance(String key, Object... arguments)	Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and arguments.
static Message	getInstance(String key, List arguments)	Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and arguments.
String	getKey()	Returns the message key, used for looking up the message in a localisation bundle.
boolean	hasArguments()	Returns true if the message has arguments defined, otherwise false.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getInstance

public static Message getInstance(String key)

Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and no arguments.

Parameters:

key - the i18n message key

Returns:

a new immutable Message instance

getInstance

public static Message getInstance(String key,
 Object... arguments)

Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and arguments.

Parameters:

key - the i18n message key

arguments - the arguments which will be interpolated in the message value, like with MessageFormat

Returns:

a new immutable Message instance

getInstance

public static Message getInstance(String key,
 List arguments)

Constructs and returns an instance of a message with the given key and arguments.

Parameters:

key - the i18n message key

arguments - the arguments which will be interpolated in the message value, like with MessageFormat

Returns:

a new immutable Message instance

getKey

public String getKey()

Returns the message key, used for looking up the message in a localisation bundle.

getArguments

public Object[] getArguments()

Returns the arguments to the message. These arguments might be interpolated in the message using MessageFormat, for instance.

Returns null if the message has no arguments.

hasArguments

public boolean hasArguments()

Returns true if the message has arguments defined, otherwise false.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object