Java.util.ListResourceBundle.getContents() Method

Description

The java.util.ListResourceBundle.getContents() method returns an array in which each item is a pair of objects in an Object array. The first element of each pair is the key, which must be a String, and the second element is the value associated with that key

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.ListResourceBundle.getContents() method

protected abstract Object[][] getContents()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns an array of an Object array representing a key-value pair.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.ListResourceBundle.getContents() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

// create a class that extends to ListResourceBundle
class MyResources extends ListResourceBundle {

   // get contents must be implemented
   protected Object[][] getContents() {
      return new Object[][]{
                 {"hello", "Hello World!"},
                 {"bye", "Goodbye World!"},
                 {"goodnight", "Goodnight World!"}
              };
   }
}

public class ListResourceBundleDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new MyResources instance
      MyResources mr = new MyResources();

      // print the string for key hello
      System.out.println("" + mr.getString("hello"));
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Hello World!