public String getString()

in common/src/main/java/flex/messaging/util/PropertyStringResourceLoader.java [123:190]
54 lines of code
11 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public String getString(String key, Locale locale, Object[] arguments) {
        synchronized (strings) {
            if (defaultLocale == null) {
                defaultLocale = getDefaultLocale();
            }
        }
        String value = null;
        String stringKey = null;
        String localeKey = (locale != null) ?
                generateLocaleKey(locale) :
                generateLocaleKey(defaultLocale);
        String originalStringKey = generateStringKey(key, localeKey);
        int trimIndex = 0;

        /*
         * Attempt to get a string for the target locale - fail back to less specific
         * versions of the locale.
         */
        while (true) {
            loadStrings(localeKey);
            stringKey = generateStringKey(key, localeKey);
            synchronized (strings) {
                value = (String) strings.get(stringKey);
                if (value != null) {
                    if (!stringKey.equals(originalStringKey)) {
                        strings.put(originalStringKey, value);
                    }
                    return substituteArguments(value, arguments);
                }
            }
            trimIndex = localeKey.lastIndexOf('_');
            if (trimIndex != -1) {
                localeKey = localeKey.substring(0, trimIndex);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }

        /*
         * Attempt to get the string in our default locale if it is
         * different than the requested locale.
         */
        if ((locale != null) && (!locale.equals(defaultLocale))) {
            localeKey = generateLocaleKey(defaultLocale);
            stringKey = generateStringKey(key, localeKey);
            synchronized (strings) {
                value = (String) strings.get(stringKey);
                if (value != null) {
                    strings.put(originalStringKey, value);
                    return substituteArguments(value, arguments);
                }
            }
        }

        // As a last resort, try to get a non-locale-specific string.
        loadStrings("");
        stringKey = generateStringKey(key, "");
        synchronized (strings) {
            value = (String) strings.get(stringKey);
            if (value != null) {
                strings.put(originalStringKey, value);
                return substituteArguments(value, arguments);
            }
        }

        // No string is available. Return a formatted missing string value.
        return ("???" + key + "???");
    }