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+package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.resources;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.MissingResourceException;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.CallMeta;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides methods for i18n.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public class Resources {
+
+    /** The logger that is used in this class.*/
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Resources.class);
+
+    /** The singleton instance.*/
+    private static Resources INSTANCE;
+
+    /** The locales supported by this server.*/
+    protected Locale[] locales;
+
+    /**
+     * No instance of this class is necessary.
+     */
+    private Resources() {
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the locales supported by this server.
+     *
+     * @return the supported locales.
+     */
+    public Locale[] getLocales() {
+        if (locales == null) {
+            readLocales();
+        }
+
+        return locales;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Read the locales configured for this server.
+     */
+    protected void readLocales() {
+        // TODO IMPLEMENT ME
+
+        locales = new Locale[2];
+        locales[0] = Locale.GERMANY;
+        locales[1] = Locale.ENGLISH;
+    }
+
+
+    public static Locale getLocale(CallMeta meta) {
+        if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            INSTANCE = new Resources();
+        }
+
+        Locale[] locales = INSTANCE.getLocales();
+        return meta.getPreferredLocale(locales);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns the translated value for <i>key</i> or <i>def</i> if
+     * <i>key</i> is not existing in the resource bundle.
+     *
+     * @param meta The CallMeta object of the request that contains the
+     * preferred locale.
+     * @param key The key that should be translated.
+     * @param def A default value that is returned, if <i>key</i> was not found.
+     *
+     * @return the translated message.
+     */
+    public static String getMsg(CallMeta meta, String key, String def) {
+        if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            INSTANCE = new Resources();
+        }
+
+        Locale[] locales = INSTANCE.getLocales();
+        Locale   locale  = meta.getPreferredLocale(locales);
+
+        return getMsg(locale, key, def);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a translated message based on a template specified by <i>key</i>
+     * that has necessary values to be filled in.
+     *
+     * @param meta The CallMeta object.
+     * @param key The key of the template in the resource bundle.
+     * @param def the default value if no template was found with <i>key</i>.
+     * @param args The arguments that are necessary for the template.
+     *
+     * @return a translated string.
+     */
+    public static String getMsg(
+        CallMeta meta,
+        String   key,
+        String   def,
+        Object[] args)
+    {
+        String template = getMsg(meta, key, null);
+
+        if (template == null) {
+            return def;
+        }
+
+        return MessageFormat.format(template, args);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns the translated value for <i>key</i> or <i>def</i> if
+     * <i>key</i> is not existing in the resource bundle.
+     *
+     * @param locale The locale.
+     * @param key The key that should be translated.
+     * @param def A default value that is returned, if <i>key</i> was not found.
+     *
+     * @return the translated message.
+     */
+    public static String getMsg(Locale locale, String key, String def) {
+        ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("messages", locale);
+
+        try {
+            return bundle.getString(key);
+        }
+        catch (MissingResourceException mre) {
+            logger.warn("No message found for key: " + key);
+
+            return def;
+        }
+    }
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :