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clsAssemblyResourceManager

Concrete resource manager that reads culture-specific embedded resources from an assembly manifest.

Purpose

  • Load embedded text templates from a supplied assembly and delegate tokenization to clsResourceManager.

Context

  • Namespace: SAIF.Resources
  • Assembly/package: SAIF.ResourceFiles

Public members

Member Signature Purpose
Dll Public ReadOnly Property Dll As Assembly Returns the assembly searched for embedded resources.
New Public Sub New(dll As Assembly) Initializes the manager with the assembly that contains embedded resource templates.
LoadResource Public Overloads Sub LoadResource(inResourceName As String, inTemplateExtension As String, inCultureCode As String, inNamespace As String) Loads a resource using an explicit namespace override when resolving the manifest resource name.
LoadResource Public Overrides Sub LoadResource(inResourceName As String, inTemplateExtension As String, inCultureCode As String) Loads a resource using the assembly name as the manifest resource namespace root.

Inherited public members

Members in this section are inherited from clsResourceManager in SAIF.Resources. They remain part of this type's public surface through inheritance.

Member Signature Purpose Origin
TokenStartDelimiter Public Shared Property TokenStartDelimiter As String Gets or sets the opening delimiter used when parsing tokens. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
TokenEndDelimiter Public Shared Property TokenEndDelimiter As String Gets or sets the closing delimiter used when parsing tokens. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
Text Public ReadOnly Property Text As String Returns the original loaded template text. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
ReplacedText Public ReadOnly Property ReplacedText As String Returns the current template text after token replacement operations. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
Tokens Public ReadOnly Property Tokens As List(Of Token) Returns the discovered tokens for the currently loaded text. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
New Public Sub New(text As String) Initializes the manager with template text and immediately tokenizes it. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
LoadResource Public Sub LoadResource(inResourceName As String, Optional inTemplateExtension As String = "html") Loads a resource using the current thread UI culture and the specified extension. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
LoadResource Public Overridable Sub LoadResource(inResourceName As String, inTemplateExtension As String, inCultureCode As String) Culture-aware load hook for concrete implementations. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
GetToken Public Function GetToken(inTokenName As String) As Token Returns the token whose name matches the supplied token identifier. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
ReplaceToken Public Function ReplaceToken(inTokenName As String, inReplacement As String) As String Replaces every occurrence of the named token in the current text and returns the updated result. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager
ReplaceToken Public Shared Function ReplaceToken(text As String, inTokenName As String, inReplacement As String) As String Performs one-off token replacement against the supplied text without requiring a preexisting manager instance. SAIF.Resources — clsResourceManager

Behavioral notes

  • The four-argument LoadResource overload derives a namespace when none is supplied, resolves the manifest resource name, and reads the stream when present.
  • When the exact culture-specific manifest resource is missing, the class retries with a two-letter culture code and then with no culture suffix.

Constraints and usage notes

  • The default assembly is Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() until a different assembly is supplied through the constructor.
  • If the manifest resource cannot be resolved after fallback, the method returns without loading content.

Sources

  • Resources\SAIF.Resources\clsAssemblyResourceManager.vb
  • Resources\SAIF.Resources\clsResourceManager.vb
  • Resources\SAIF.Resources\SAIF.BOF.ResourceFiles.vbproj