Globalized Property Grid - Revisited

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Resources;
using System.Reflection;

namespace GlobalizedPropertyGrid
{
	// This attribute may be added to properties to control the resource table name and 
	// keys for accesging the property name and description. 
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple=false, Inherited=true)]
	public class GlobalizedPropertyAttribute : Attribute
	{
		private String resourceName = "";
		private String resourceDescription = "";
		private String resourceTable = "";

		public GlobalizedPropertyAttribute(String name)
		{
			resourceName = name;
		}

		// The key for a property name into the resource table.
		// If empty the property name will be used by default.
		public String Name
		{
			get {  return resourceName;  }
			set {  resourceName = value;  }
		}

		// The key for a property description into the resource table.
		// If empty the property name appended by 'Description' will be used by default.
		public String Description
		{
			get {  return resourceDescription;  }
			set {  resourceDescription = value;  }
		}

		// The name fully qualified name of the resource table to use, f.ex.
		// "GlobalizedPropertyGrid.Person".
		public String Table
		{
			get { return resourceTable;  }
			set { resourceTable = value; }
		}
	}

	// This attribute may be added to properties to control the resource table name and 
	// keys for accesging the property name and description. 
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple=false, Inherited=true)]
	public class GlobalizedObjectAttribute : Attribute
	{
		private String resourceTable = "";

		public GlobalizedObjectAttribute(String name)
		{
			resourceTable = name;
		}

		// resource table name to use for the class. 
		// If this string is empty the name of the class will be used by default. 
		public String Table
		{
			get {  return resourceTable;  }
		}
	}

	// This attribute class extends the CategoryAttribute class from the .NET framework
	// to support localization.
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple=false, Inherited=true)]
	class GlobalizedCategoryAttribute : CategoryAttribute
	{
		string table = "";

		public GlobalizedCategoryAttribute() : base() {}
		public GlobalizedCategoryAttribute(string name) : base(name) {}

		// The name fully qualified name of the resource table to use, f.ex.
		// "GlobalizedPropertyGrid.Person".
		public string TableName
		{
			set { table = value; }
			get { return table; }
		}

		// This method will be called by the component framework to get a localized
		// string. Note: Only called once on first access.
		protected override string GetLocalizedString( string value )
		{
			string baseStr = base.GetLocalizedString( value );

			// Now use table name and display name id to access the resources.  
			ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager(table, Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() );

			// Get the string from the resources.
			try
			{
				return rm.GetString(value);
			}
			catch( Exception )
			{
				return value;
			}
		}
	}


}