resmanager.js

gistfile1.js

if (!Util) {
    var Util = {};
}

Util.ResourceManager = function(culture, resourcePath)
{
    this.createResObj(culture, resourcePath);
}

Util.ResourceManager.prototype =
{
    getString : function(key)
    {
        if(typeof key != "string")
        {
            throw new Error("a key with string type need to be specified");
        }
        if(typeof Util_ResourceManager_LocalizedResObj =="object")
        {
            if(key in Util_ResourceManager_LocalizedResObj)
            {
                return Util_ResourceManager_LocalizedResObj[key];
            }
        }
        if(typeof Util_ResourceManager_WorldResObj == "object")
        {
            if(key in Util_ResourceManager_WorldResObj)
            return Util_ResourceManager_WorldResObj[key];
        }
        throw new Error("string not found for key:" + key);
    },
    
    createResObj: function(culture, resPath)
    {
        //check whether the resource object is created
        if(typeof Util_ResourceManager_LocalizedResObj === 'undefined'){
            this.downloadResFile(resPath + "/" + culture + ".txt", "Util_ResourceManager_LocalizedResObj");
        }
        
        if(typeof Util_ResourceManager_WorldResObj === 'undefined'){
            this.downloadResFile(resPath + "/en-us.txt", "Util_ResourceManager_WorldResObj");
        }
    },

    downloadResFile : function(url, objName)
    {
         var req = this.createXmlHttpRequest();
         
         req.open("GET", url, false);
         req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/x-javascript");
         req.send();
         this.constructResObject(req.responseText, objName); 
        },

    constructResObject : function(resString, objName)
    {
        tag = document.createElement('script');
        tag.type = "text/javascript";
        tag.text = "var " + objName + "={" + resString + "}";
        if (tag != null) {
            document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(tag);
        }
    },

    createXmlHttpRequest : function()
    {
        if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") {
            return new XMLHttpRequest();
        }
        else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
            var ieReq = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            if (!ieReq) {
                ieReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            return ieReq;
        }
        else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}