001 /**
002 * ========================================
003 * JFreeReport : a free Java report library
004 * ========================================
005 *
006 * Project Info: http://reporting.pentaho.org/
007 *
008 * (C) Copyright 2000-2007, by Object Refinery Limited, Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.
009 *
010 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
011 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
012 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
013 *
014 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
015 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
016 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
017 *
018 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
019 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
020 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
021 *
022 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
023 * in the United States and other countries.]
024 *
025 * ------------
026 * $Id: ResourceBundleFactory.java,v 1.3 2007/04/01 18:49:26 taqua Exp $
027 * ------------
028 * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited.
029 * (C) Copyright 2005-2007, by Pentaho Corporation.
030 */
031 package org.jfree.report.i18n;
032
033 import java.io.Serializable;
034 import java.util.Locale;
035 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
036
037 /**
038 * A resource bundle factory defines the locale for a report and is used to create
039 * resourcebundles.
040 *
041 * @author Thomas Morgner
042 */
043 public interface ResourceBundleFactory extends Serializable
044 {
045 public static final String DEFAULT_RESOURCE_BUNDLE_CONFIG_KEY =
046 "org.jfree.report.ResourceBundle";
047 /**
048 * Creates a resource bundle for the given key. How that key is interpreted depends on
049 * the used concrete implementation of this interface.
050 *
051 * @param key the key that identifies the resource bundle
052 * @return the created resource bundle
053 *
054 * @throws java.util.MissingResourceException
055 * if no resource bundle for the specified base name can be found
056 */
057 public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle (final Locale locale, final String key);
058 }