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Java ResourceBundle containsKey() Method with Example

ResourceBundle Class containsKey() method: Here, we are going to learn about the containsKey() method of ResourceBundle Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on March 24, 2020

ResourceBundle Class containsKey() method

• containsKey() method is available in java.util package.
• containsKey() method is used to check whether the given key element (key_ele) exists or not exists in this ResourceBundle or its super bundles.
• containsKey() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• containsKey() method may throw an exception at the time of checking the existence of the given element.
  NullPointerException: This exception may throw when the given parameter is null exists.

Syntax:

    public boolean containsKey(String key_ele);

Parameter(s):

• String key_ele – represents the key element of this ResourceBundle.

Return value:

The return type of this method is boolean, it returns true when the given key element exists in this ResourceBundle or its super bundle otherwise it returns false.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of boolean containsKey(String key_ele) method 
// of ResourceBundle

import java.util.*;

public class ContainsKeyOfResourceBundle {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  // Instantiates ResourceBundle with
  // some locale
  ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("IncludeHelp...", Locale.FRANCE);

  // By using containsKey() method isto
  // check whether the given key exists or
  // not in this ResourceBundle
  boolean status = rb.containsKey("IncludeHelp...");

  // Display status
  System.out.println("rb.containsKey(IncludeHelp...): " + status);
 }
}

Output

rb.containsKey(IncludeHelp...): true