mcs/class/I18N/Common/Strings.cs

   1 /*
   2  * Strings.cs - Implementation of the "I18N.Common.Strings" class.
   3  *
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  24
  25 namespace I18N.Common
  26 {
  27
  28 using System;
  29 using System.Reflection;
  30 using System.Resources;
  31
  32 // This class provides string resource support to the rest
  33 // of the I18N library assemblies.
  34
  35 public sealed class Strings
  36 {
  37         // Cached copy of the resources for this assembly.
  38         private static ResourceManager resources = null;
  39
  40         // Helper for obtaining string resources for this assembly.
  41         public static String GetString(String tag)
  42                         {
  43                                 lock(typeof(Strings))
  44                                 {
  45                                         if(resources == null)
  46                                         {
  47                                                 resources = new ResourceManager
  48                                                         ("I18N", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
  49                                         }
  50                                         return resources.GetString(tag, null);
  51                                 }
  52                         }
  53
  54 }; // class Strings
  55
  56 }; // namespace I18N.Common