# Default Implementation of  IMLManager

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Former-Crossvision-Products, Application-Composer\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140 "2006-01-19T21:41:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Serhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Serhat](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Serhat)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140/1 "2006-01-19T21:41:07Z")

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I need to write my own IMLManager implemetation . I want to add one extra translation reference to all pages to keep common labels and messages.  
If there is any abstract or default implementation of IMLManager exists , I would like to extend it . (I couldn’t find in javadoc ☹ ) .  
Is there any implementation exists in API or should I start from the beginning?

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**Author:** ![Bjoern\_Mueller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Bjoern\_Mueller](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Bjoern_Mueller)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140/2 "2006-01-20T12:42:49Z")

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Our default implementation is:

com.softwareag.cis.multilanguage.filebased.MLManager

This looks into /multilanguage//.csv for translation information.

Bjoern

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**Author:** ![Serhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Serhat](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Serhat)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140/3 "2006-01-20T21:20:29Z")

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Hi again ,  
I extended default MLManager and overidden getString and checkIfExist methods.Everything works fine except one thing.The status of textid parameters looks not ready on Literal Assitant view of Layout Manager and I can’t see the default text.  
I tried to override getApplicationStrings methods but this time I faced some RuntimeExceptions from com.softwareag.cis.file.FileManager class when I tried to open Html Preview or Literal Asistant windows.  
( I guess “Literal Asistant” view gets textid’s from file directly and gets texts from MLManager.)  
Is there a way to show my default texts in the Literal Asistant window ?

Thanks

My Class

```auto
public class MLManager extends com.softwareag.cis.multilanguage.filebased.MLManager {
	private static String defaultFile="default"; 
	public MLManager() {
		super();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean checkIfExists(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String project, java.lang.String application, java.lang.String literal) {
		boolean res = super.checkIfExists(language,project,MLManager.defaultFile,literal);
		return res ? res : super.checkIfExists(language,project,application,literal);
	}
	@Override
	public String getString(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String project, java.lang.String application, java.lang.String literal, java.lang.String[] embeddedStrings) {
		String res = super.getString(language, project, defaultFile, literal, embeddedStrings);
		return res.charAt(0) != '$' ? res : super.getString(language, project, application, literal, embeddedStrings);
	}

	@Override
	public String getString(java.lang.String language, java.lang.String project, java.lang.String application, java.lang.String literal) {
		String res = super.getString(language, project, defaultFile, literal);
		return res.charAt(0) != '$' ? res : super.getString(language, project, application, literal);
	}
}
```

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**Author:** ![Bjoern\_Mueller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Bjoern\_Mueller](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Bjoern_Mueller)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140/4 "2006-01-22T20:13:54Z")

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…the answer is: no - sorry…

The IMLManager interface is just a read-interface, not an edit-interface. The maintenance in the literal-assistant (as you already wrote) is following the (internal) edit-interface of our multi language manager.

We currently do not plan to extend the interface to be an edit-interface (because the edit-interface typically needs to 100% fit to the way of keeping the translation information).

Well, maybe the answer does not sound really nice, but represents the status quo… 😉

Bjoern

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/default-implementation-of-imlmanager/57140/5 "2021-04-02T14:38:26Z")

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