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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
/**
* Helper methods related to string localization.
*
* @since org.eclipse.equinox.common 3.3
*/
public class LocalizationUtils {
/**
* This method can be used in the absence of NLS class. The method tries to
* use the NLS-based translation routine. If it falls, the method returns the original
* non-translated key.
*
* @param key case-sensetive name of the filed in the translation file representing
* the string to be translated
* @return
*/
static public String safeLocalize(String key) {
try {
Class messageClass = Class.forName("org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.CommonMessages"); //$NON-NLS-1$
if (messageClass == null)
return key;
Field field = messageClass.getDeclaredField(key);
if (field == null)
return key;
Object value = field.get(null);
if (value instanceof String)
return (String) value;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// eat exception and fall through
} catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
// eat exception and fall through
} catch (SecurityException e) {
// eat exception and fall through
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
// eat exception and fall through
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
// eat exception and fall through
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
// eat exception and fall through
}
return key;
}
}