From f330c4fcb60c7875d0d18a64fc51ea05112f5f7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaun Walker <shaun.walker@siliqon.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 22:16:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add extension method for Localization which allows
 specification of key and value

---
 .../OqtaneLocalizationExtensions.cs           | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Oqtane.Client/Extensions/OqtaneLocalizationExtensions.cs

diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Extensions/OqtaneLocalizationExtensions.cs b/Oqtane.Client/Extensions/OqtaneLocalizationExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ee9c1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Extensions/OqtaneLocalizationExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Localization
+{
+    public static class OqtaneLocalizationExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the string resource for the specified key and returns the value if the resource does not exist
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="localizer"></param>
+        /// <param name="key">the static key used to identify the string resource</param>
+        /// <param name="value">the default value if the resource for the static key does not exist</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string GetString(this IStringLocalizer localizer, string key, string value)
+        {
+            string localizedValue = localizer[key];
+            if (localizedValue == key) // not localized
+            {
+                localizedValue = value;
+            }
+            return localizedValue;
+        }
+    }
+}