Re: i18n

Michael Nash <[email protected]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:00:28 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.keel.devel
Organization JGlobal Limited
Message-ID <1125669627.30054.0.camel@139-142-200-104>
Pierre:

I see that keel-common now requires 0.1 of commons-resources, but I
can't locate that jar anywhere. Do you have a place to get this? 

Mike

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 06:39, Raoul Pierre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just commited patches to move dynamic message from clnt-struts to 
> keel-client.
> 
> The treatment of dynamic messages is now implanted in 
> DefaultClientConnector. The job is done by an new class 
> DynamicMessageSupport in keel-common, with Apache library commons-resources.
> 
> I moved the properties files from conf/client/struts to 
> conf/clients/resource, a more client neutral place. I used 
> ResourceBundle Editor for Eclipse to sort the messages: very nice tool 
> to work with i18n messages.
> 
> Howto :
> 
> Below "key" is the symbolic name of a bundle.
> 
> - In each direct sub-class of DefaultClientConnector, defined a function 
> setDefaultKeys, which can add  key(s) to the default key list. This 
> function can be called from function "execute" as soon as kres is 
> defined with a "model" attribute (if required).
>   This function "setDefaultKeys" must call:
>   * DefaultClientConnector.initDefaultKeys(kres) to initialize the 
> default key list,
>   * then DefaultClientConnector.getDefaultKeys() to get this default key 
> list and add new key(s).
>  
>   Use DefaultClientConnector.addFirstDefaultKey(...) and 
> DefaultClientConnector.addLastDefaultKey(...)  to add any key at the 
> beginning or at the end of the list.
>   It is recommended to defined setDefaultKeys as private.
> 
> - In a derived class, e.g. StrutsClientConnector, in function "execute"  
> insert a call to DefaultClientConnector.internationalize(...). This 
> function will do all the job!
> 
>   It is also possible to call 
> DefaultClientConnector.translateString(...), like StrutsClientConnector 
> with the error messages.
> 
>   Normally,  sub-classes don't need to do anything else about i18n but 
> eventually to define their own function setDefaultKeys.
>  
> ====
> 
> AbstractDesktopClientConnector is ready to i18n.
> 
> Todo:
> - put i18n in non Struts Client connectors
> - it may be necessary to add script(s) in plugin.jelly 
> (tool-maven-plugin) for clients other than Struts.
> - add a function "translateMessage" in DefaultClientConnector.
> - in StrutsClientConnector.errorhandle,  do a "final" translation of 
> error messages.
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
> 
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