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# Interface ConstantsWithLookup

public interface ConstantsWithLookup
extends Constants
Like Constants, a tag interface that facilitates locale-sensitive, compile-time binding of constant values supplied from properties files with the added ability to look up constants at runtime with a string key.

`ConstantsWithLookup` extends Constants and is identical in behavior, adding only a family of special-purpose lookup methods such as ConstantsWithLookup.getString(String).

It is generally preferable to extend `Constants` rather than `ConstantsWithLookup` because `ConstantsWithLookup` forces all constants to be retained in the compiled script, preventing the GWT compiler from pruning unused constant accessors.

### Required Module

Modules that use this interface should inherit `com.google.gwt.i18n.I18N`.

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    <module>
      <!-- other inherited modules, such as com.google.gwt.user.User -->
      <inherits name="com.google.gwt.i18n.I18N"/>
      <!-- additional module settings -->
    </module>

### Note

You should not directly implement this interface or interfaces derived from it since an implementation is generated automatically when message interfaces are created using GWT.create(Class).

## Methods

getBoolean(String) | Look up `boolean` by method name.
getDouble(String) | Look up `double` by method name.
getFloat(String) | Look up `float` by method name.
getInt(String) | Look up `int` by method name.
getMap(String) | Look up `Map` by method name.
getString(String) | Look up `String` by method name.
getStringArray(String) | Look up `String[]` by method name.

## See Also

Constants

## Method Detail

### getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(String methodName)
Look up `boolean` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

boolean returned by method

### getDouble

public double getDouble(String methodName)
Look up `double` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

double returned by method

### getFloat

public float getFloat(String methodName)
Look up `float` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

float returned by method

### getInt

public int getInt(String methodName)
Look up `int` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

int returned by method

### getMap

public Map getMap(String methodName)
Look up `Map` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

Map returned by method

### getString

public String getString(String methodName)
Look up `String` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

String returned by method

### getStringArray

public String[] getStringArray(String methodName)
Look up `String[]` by method name.

#### Parameters

methodName
  method name

#### Return Value

String[] returned by method