[izpack-devel] patch: use intance number to customize strings

[Dennis Reil]

Hi Stefan,

You should use the panelid instead. (panel.getMetadata().getPanelid())
That would be much more flexible.

Regards,
   Dennis

> Hi Stefan,
> I do not use multiple instances of one panel class (else I 
> had seen the problem at impl the feature) but it hear good.
> Unfortunately I have nearly no time...
> Please send us your changes as a diff -u (comments as java 
> comments in the files). Simplest you checkout the SVN
> IzPack project and make the diff with SVN.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Klaus
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> >[mailto:izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de]On Behalf Of Stefan
> >Wachter
> >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:53 PM
> >To: izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de
> >Subject: [izpack-devel] patch: use intance number to customize strings
> >
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have several UserInputPanels that should have different 
> >headlines. I looked into the code and 
> >recognized that only a single headline can be configured that 
> >is used for all UserInputPanels. 
> >Therefore I patched the getI18nStringForClass(String subkey) 
> >method in the IzPanel class to consider 
> >instance numbers and added the method getInstanceNumber() with 
> >a default implementation that returns -1:
> >
> >// start code
> >
> >public String getI18nStringForClass(String subkey)
> >{
> >     String retval = null;
> >     Class clazz = this.getClass();
> >     while (retval == null && !clazz.getName().endsWith(".IzPanel"))
> >     {
> >         int instanceNumber = getInstanceNumber();
> >         if (instanceNumber != -1) {
> >             retval = getI18nStringForClass(clazz.getName(), 
> >subkey + "." + instanceNumber, null);
> >             if (retval != null) return retval;
> >         }
> >         retval = getI18nStringForClass(clazz.getName(), subkey, null);
> >         clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
> >     }
> >     return (retval);
> >}
> >
> >protected int getInstanceNumber() { return -1; }
> >
> >// end code
> >
> >In order to make use of this new flexibility, I overloaded the 
> >getInstanceNumber() method in the 
> >UserInputPanel class returning the instance number of the 
> >UserInputPanel:
> >
> >// start code
> >
> >protected int getInstanceNumber() { return instanceNumber; }
> >
> >// end code
> >
> >Now different headlines can be configured for the various 
> >UserInputPanels. For example:
> >
> ><langpack>
> >   <str id="UserInputPanel.headline.0" txt="Rechnername und Port"/>
> >   <str id="UserInputPanel.headline.1" txt="Shortcuts"/>
> >   <str id="UserInputPanel.headline.2" txt="PolFHa-Server starten"/>
> ></langpack>
> >
> >Is this code of public interest? Will someone integrate it into IzPack?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >--Stefan
> >
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