Localization.java

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/**
 *
 */
package dba.utils;

import dba.options.Options;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;


/**
 * @author andreas
 */
public class Localization {
  private static Localization instance = null;
  private Locale locale;
  private ResourceBundle captions;
  private Options options;

  private Localization() {
    super();
    options = Options.getInstance();
    locale = new Locale(options.getLanguage());
    Locale.setDefault(new Locale(options.getLanguage()));
    captions = ResourceBundle.getBundle("res.localization.localizationMessages", locale);
  }

  /**
   * Getter for the singelton localization (thread-safe)
   */
  public synchronized static Localization getInstance() {
    if (instance == null) {
      synchronized (Localization.class) {
        instance = new Localization();
      }
    }
    return instance;
  }

  /**
   * A little convenience for getting the Localized strings
   *
   * @param name of the element to search for
   * @return the localized String
   */
  public String getString(String name) {
    return captions.getString(name);
  }
}