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package com.googlecode.wicketwebbeans.util;
import org.apache.wicket.Component;
import org.apache.wicket.Localizer;
/**
* Static wicket utilities.
*
* @author Dan Syrstad
*/
public class WicketUtil
{
private WicketUtil() { }
/**
* Substitutes macros of the form "${key}" in string to the corresponding value of
* "key" in localizer.
*
* @param string the input string containing the macros.
* @param component the component whose Localizer is used to localize the string.
*
* @return a String with the macros expanded. If a macro key cannot be found in
* localizer, the macro is substituted with "?string?".
*/
public static String substituteMacros(String string, Component component)
{
Localizer localizer = component.getLocalizer();
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(string);
int idx = 0;
while ((idx = buf.indexOf("${", idx)) >= 0) {
int endIdx = buf.indexOf("}", idx + 2);
if (endIdx > 0) {
String key = buf.substring(idx + 2, endIdx);
String value = localizer.getString(key, component, '?' + key + '?');
if (value != null) {
buf.replace(idx, endIdx + 1, value);
}
else {
// Nothing found, skip macro.
idx += 2;
}
}
}
return buf.toString();
}
}