Test.cs :  » Template-Engines » StringTemplate.NET » ST » Examples » i18n » C# / CSharp Open Source

namespace ST.Examples.i18n{
  using System;
  using System.IO;
  using System.Resources;
  using System.Threading;
  using System.Globalization;
  using StringTemplate    = Antlr.StringTemplate.StringTemplate;
  using StringTemplateGroup  = Antlr.StringTemplate.StringTemplateGroup;
  
  /** Test internationalization/localization by showing that StringTemplate
   *  easily deals with multiple versions of the same string.  The StringTemplates
   *  and strings properties file are looked up using CLASSPATH.
   */

  public class Test
  {
    class ResourceWrapper
    {
      ResourceManager mgr;

      public ResourceWrapper(ResourceManager mgr)
      {
        this.mgr  = mgr;
      }
      public string intro
      {
        get { return mgr.GetString("intro"); }
      }
      public string page1_title
      {
        get { return mgr.GetString("page1_title"); }
      }
      public string page2_title
      {
        get { return mgr.GetString("page2_title"); }
      }
      public string page1_content
      {
        get { return mgr.GetString("page1_content"); }
      }
      public string page2_content
      {
        get { return mgr.GetString("page2_content"); }
      }
    }

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      // choose a skin or site "look" to present
      string skin = "blue";

      // allow overrides for language and skin from arguments on command line
      string language = null;
      if ( args.Length > 0 ) 
      {
        language = args[0];
      }
      if ( args.Length > 1)
      {
        if ( "blue".Equals(args[1]) || "red".Equals(args[1]) )
          skin = args[1];
      }

      TryToSetRequestedLocale(language);

      // load strings from a properties files like en.strings
      ResourceManager resMgr = new ResourceManager("ST.Examples.i18n.Content.Strings", typeof(ResourceWrapper).Assembly);
      ResourceWrapper strings = new ResourceWrapper(resMgr);

      // get a template group rooted at appropriate skin
      string absoluteSkinRootDirectoryName = Path.Combine(new DirectoryInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory).Parent.FullName, skin);
      StringTemplateGroup templates = new StringTemplateGroup("test", absoluteSkinRootDirectoryName);

      // generate some pages; every page gets strings table to pull strings from
      StringTemplate page1ST = templates.GetInstanceOf("page1");
      page1ST.SetAttribute("strings", strings);
      StringTemplate page2ST = templates.GetInstanceOf("page2");
      page2ST.SetAttribute("strings", strings);

      // render to text
      Console.Out.WriteLine(page1ST);
      Console.Out.WriteLine(page2ST);
    }

    static private void TryToSetRequestedLocale(string language)
    {
      if (language != null)
      {
        try 
        {
          CultureInfo selectedLocale = new CultureInfo(language);
          Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = selectedLocale;
        }
        catch
        {
          // use default locale
        }
      }
    }
  }
}