A resource dictionary is a container that maps resource IDs to resources. More...

Inheritance diagram for ResourceDictionary:

Classes
class	UrlMapPair
	Represents a record in resource ID to URL map as a key-URL pair. More...

Public Member Functions
ObjectRef< Resource >	acquire (ResourceID key)
	Gets from the resource dictionary the resource with the resource ID that you pass to the function. More...

ResourceManager.AcquireTask	acquireAsync (ResourceID key, ResourceManager.AcquireTask.Callback callback)
	Asynchronously acquires a resource. More...

void	add (ResourceID key, String url)
	Adds a resource ID to a resource URL mapping to a resource dictionary. More...

void	add (ResourceID key, Resource resource)
	Adds a resource ID to a resource mapping to a resource dictionary. More...

void	add (ResourceDictionary resourceDictionary)
	Adds a nested resource dictionary to a resource dictionary. More...

void	addAnonymousResource (Resource resource)
	Adds an anonymous resource to a resource dictionary. More...

ObjectRef< ResourceDictionary >	clone ()
	Duplicates a resource dictionary. More...

boolean	contains (ResourceID key)
	Returns whether a resource dictionary contains a mapping for the resource ID that you pass to the function. More...

String	find (ResourceID key)
	Resolves the mapping from the resource ID that you pass to the function to the URL of the resource. More...

ResourceDictionary	findDictionary (String name)
	Searches for a nested dictionary with the specified name and returns a pointer to it. More...

Resource	findStoredResource (ResourceID key)
	Finds an explicitly stored resource pointer from a dictionary. More...

int	getDictionaryCount ()
	Gets the number of nested resource dictionaries in a resource dictionary. More...

Iterable< Resource >	iterateAnonymousResources ()
	Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate the anonymous resources stored by this resource dictionary object. More...

Iterable< UrlMapPair >	iterateUrls ()
	Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate elements of the URL mappings container. More...

void	merge (ResourceDictionary preferredDictionary)
	Copies into this resource dictionary the contents of the resource dictionary that you pass to the function. More...

void	remove (ResourceID key)
	Removes a resource ID mapping from a resource dictionary. More...

void	removeAnonymousResource (Resource resource)
	Removes an anonymous resource from the resource dictionary. More...

void	removeDictionary (int index)
	Removes a nested resource dictionary from a resource dictionary. More...

Iterable< ResourceDictionary >	reverseIterateNestedResourceDictionaries ()
	Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate nested resource dictionary container in reversed order. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Resource
String	getName ()
	Gets the resource name. More...

String	getUrl ()
	Gets the resource URL. More...

void	setKeepAlive (boolean keepAlive)
	Sets the keep alive flag. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from KanziObject
boolean	equals (Object object)

Domain	getDomain ()
	Returns the domain the object belongs to. More...

Metaclass	getDynamicMetaclass ()
	Returns the metaclass of the dynamic type of the object. More...

long	getNative ()
	Gets a pointer to the backing C++ instance. More...

TDataType	getOptionalProperty (PropertyType< TDataType > propertyType)
	Returns the current value of a property type, but does not use the default value if there are no inputs to the property value. More...

TDataType	getProperty (PropertyType< TDataType > propertyType)
	Returns the current value of a property type. More...

int	hashCode ()

boolean	hasValue (PropertyType< TDataType > propertyType)
	Evaluates whether there are any inputs into the property value. More...

boolean	isStale ()
	Test if the object is stale i.e. More...

void	removeLocalValue (PropertyType< TDataType > propertyType)
	Removes the local value associated with the property. More...

void	setProperty (PropertyType< TDataType > propertyType, TDataType value)
	Sets the local value of a property type. More...

ObjectRef< TType >	tryCreateObjectRef (Class< TType > clazz)
	Tries to create an owning ObjectRef instance to this KanziObject. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static ObjectRef< T >	create (Domain domain, String name)
	Constructs a new ResourceDictionary. More...

Static Public Attributes
static final Metaclass	metaclass
	The Metaclass for the class. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from Resource
static final Metaclass	metaclass
	The Metaclass for the class. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from KanziObject
static final Metaclass	metaclass = new AbstractMetaclass("Kanzi.Object")
	The Metaclass for the class.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Attributes inherited from ResourceMetadata
AbstractMetaclass	metaclass = new AbstractMetaclass("Kanzi.Resource")
	Metaclass for Resource.

Public Attributes inherited from ResourceDictionaryMetadata
AbstractMetaclass	metaclass = new AbstractMetaclass("Kanzi.ResourceDictionary")
	Metaclass for ResourceDictionary.

Detailed Description

A resource dictionary is a container that maps resource IDs to resources.

A node can refer to resources by setting resource IDs to resource ID properties. You can set a resource dictionary to the node, or to any of its parent nodes, to define which resources the node uses. You can use a resource dictionary to group similar resources to logical entity, such as themes or locales, and change a resource dictionary of a node to change multiple resources at the same time.

Use Node::acquireResource to get the resource from a resource dictionary of a node or from the resource dictionaries of its parent nodes.

A resource dictionary can map resource IDs to resources in these ways:

Directly to a resource
Indirectly to a resource with a resource URL

Use acquire(ResourceID) and functions to get a mapped resource regardless of the way a resource ID is mapped to a resource.

You can store nested resource dictionaries in a resource dictionary. When you are getting a resource from a resource dictionary and the resource dictionary cannot find the resource ID that you specify, the resource dictionary looks for the resource ID recursively in the nested resource dictionaries.

In a resource dictionary you can store resources without mapping a resource ID to them. In Kanzi such resources are called anonymous resources. You can get anonymous resources with iterateAnonymousResources().

Member Function Documentation

ObjectRef<Resource> acquire ( ResourceID key )

Gets from the resource dictionary the resource with the resource ID that you pass to the function.

The function forwards the resource URL mappings to ResourceManager::acquireResource. Classes that derive from ResourceDictionary can override the behavior of acquire by implementing acquireOverride.

Parameters

key	The resource ID of the resource that you want to get.

Returns

The resource to which the resource ID is mapped.

If the resource ID is mapped to a resource pointer, the function returns the resource pointer.
If the resource ID is mapped to a resource URL, the function uses the URL to query the resource from ResourceManager#acquireResource(String).
If the resource dictionary has nested resource dictionaries, the function forwards the query to the nested dictionaries. It first searches the last nested resource dictionary and it searches last the first nested resource dictionary.
If the resource ID is not mapped to anything in this resource dictionary or any of the nested dictionaries, the function returns nullptr.

ResourceManager.AcquireTask acquireAsync	(	ResourceID	key,
		ResourceManager.AcquireTask.Callback	callback
	)

Asynchronously acquires a resource.

If the function cannot find a resource URL mapping, it does not launch an asynchronous task. Kanzi executes the callback only the next time when it executes callbacks, if there are no asynchronous task to launch.

Parameters

key	The resource ID of the resource that you want to get.
callback	The callback to execute when loading is complete.

Returns: The launched asynchronous task.

void add	(	ResourceID	key,
		String	url
	)

Adds a resource ID to a resource URL mapping to a resource dictionary.

Parameters

key	The resource ID to add.
url	The URL that points to the resource to map to the resource ID.

void add	(	ResourceID	key,
		Resource	resource
	)

Adds a resource ID to a resource mapping to a resource dictionary.

Parameters

key	The resource ID to add.
resource	The resource to map to the resource ID.

void add ( ResourceDictionary resourceDictionary )

Adds a nested resource dictionary to a resource dictionary.

You can add to multiple resource dictionaries the same resource dictionary as a nested resource dictionary. Do not form cycles with the nested resource dictionaries.

Parameters

resourceDictionary The nested resource dictionary that you want to add to the resource dictionary.

void addAnonymousResource ( Resource resource )

Adds an anonymous resource to a resource dictionary.

Parameters

resource The anonymous resource that you want to add to the resource dictionary.

ObjectRef<ResourceDictionary> clone ( )

Duplicates a resource dictionary.

When you duplicate a resource dictionary that contains nested resource dictionaries, the function creates a shallow copy: it copies the pointers to the nested resource dictionaries, not the contents of the nested resource dictionaries.

Returns: The duplicated resource dictionary.

boolean contains ( ResourceID key )

Returns whether a resource dictionary contains a mapping for the resource ID that you pass to the function.

Parameters

key	The resource ID for which you want to check whether there is a mapping in the resource dictionary.

Returns: If the resource dictionary or a nested resource dictionary contains a mapping for the resource ID that you passed to the function, true, otherwise false.

static ObjectRef<T> create	(	Domain	domain,
		String	name
	)

static

Constructs a new ResourceDictionary.

Parameters

domain	UI Domain where this object belongs.
name	Name of the object.

String find ( ResourceID key )

Resolves the mapping from the resource ID that you pass to the function to the URL of the resource.

This function ignores the direct resource ID to resource mappings.

Parameters

key	The resource ID of the resource for which you want to get the URL.

Returns: If the resource dictionary or a nested resource dictionary contains a resource URL, a resource ID that you passed, otherwise null.

ResourceDictionary findDictionary ( String name )

Searches for a nested dictionary with the specified name and returns a pointer to it.

Parameters

name	The name of the dictionary to find.

Returns: A child dictionary with the specified name. If a dictionary with the specified name does not exist, returns null.

Resource findStoredResource ( ResourceID key )

Finds an explicitly stored resource pointer from a dictionary.

Does not try to acquire a resource from the resource manager. To acquire a resource, use acquire(ResourceID).

Parameters

key	The resource ID of the resource that you want to get.

Returns: The resource to which the resource ID is mapped.

int getDictionaryCount ( )

Gets the number of nested resource dictionaries in a resource dictionary.

Returns: The number of nested resource dictionaries in the resource dictionary.

Iterable<Resource> iterateAnonymousResources ( )

Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate the anonymous resources stored by this resource dictionary object.

Returns: An Iterable object of the anonymous resources stored by this resource dictionary object.

Iterable<UrlMapPair> iterateUrls ( )

Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate elements of the URL mappings container.

The elements in the container are represented with the com.rightware.kanzi.ResourceDictionary.UrlMapPair class.

Returns: An Iterable object of the elements of the URL mappings container of this resource dictionary object.

void merge ( ResourceDictionary preferredDictionary )

Copies into this resource dictionary the contents of the resource dictionary that you pass to the function.

The function adds to this resource dictionary:

Resource ID mappings
References to the nested resource directories
Anonymous resources from the given resource directory

If there are duplicate values for the resource ID mappings, prefers the values from the resource directory that you pass to the function.

Parameters

preferredDictionary The resource dictionary that you want to merge to this resource dictionary.

void remove ( ResourceID key )

Removes a resource ID mapping from a resource dictionary.

Parameters

key	The resource ID that you want to remove.

void removeAnonymousResource ( Resource resource )

Removes an anonymous resource from the resource dictionary.

If the resource does not exist in a resource dictionary, the function does not do anything.

Parameters

resource The anonymous resource that you want to remove from the resource dictionary.

void removeDictionary ( int index )

Removes a nested resource dictionary from a resource dictionary.

Parameters

index The index of the nested resource dictionary that you want to remove.

Iterable<ResourceDictionary> reverseIterateNestedResourceDictionaries ( )

Returns an Iterable object that you can use to iterate nested resource dictionary container in reversed order.

Returns: An Iterable object of nested resource dictionary container in reversed order.

Member Data Documentation

final Metaclass metaclass

static

Initial value:

=

com.rightware.kanzi.metadata.ResourceDictionaryMetadata.metaclass

The Metaclass for the class.

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Detailed Description

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