A safer way to loosely obtain Android String resources by name (instead of id.)

StringResolver.java

package com.botlink.stringresourceresolver;


import android.content.Context;

public final class StringResolver {

    /**
     * Value returned from {@link android.content.res.Resources#getIdentifier(String, String, String)}
     * when resource name does not yield a valid resource id.
     */
    private static final int KEY_NOT_FOUND = 0;

    public static String getValue(Context context, String name) {
        final int key = context.getResources().getIdentifier(name, "string", context.getPackageName());
        final String value;
        if(KEY_NOT_FOUND == key) {
            /**
             * Not found behavior open for modification:
             * Fail fast during testing/debug builds.
             * OR
             * Log KEY_NOT_FOUND events to reporting system.
             **/
            value = String.format("Identifier `%s` not found in package", name);
        } else {
            value = context.getResources().getString(key);
        }

        return value;
    }

    private StringResolver() {
        throw new IllegalStateException("not designed for instantiation.");
    }
}