[excalibur] ResourceManager and Resources

[Peter Donald <do...@apache.org>]

Hi,

I have just been going through TODO list with ResourceManager and noticed a 
request that I am not sure is a good idea or not. Currently the way it works 
is you put something like

private final static Resources REZ = 
   ResourceManager.getPackageResource( MyClass.class );

and then use it like

REZ.getString( "some.key", arg1, arg2, arg3 );

Some people requested that it also support use case where you place 

private final static String RESOURCE_KEY = 
    MyClass.class.getPackage().getName();

and then use it like

ResourceManager.getString( RESOURCE_KEY, "some.key", arg1, arg2, arg3 );

The only advantage I can see of second form is that you could more easily 
support multiple keys from one class but as that is a rare occurence I am not 
sure there is a need for it.

Anyone have any good reasons for one way or the other ? If not I will 
probably allow access through both methods.

-- 
Cheers,

Pete

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