I'm stuck with what is probably a fairly common problem. I have to present my users with a list of options (in the form of a combo box). The list comes from the database. The only problem is that the labels have to be locale dependent. I'm trying to find a nice design pattern that would work AND be clean. The list of option is fairly static. The user will not be able to edit it, it will be generated at deploy time.
Some ideas : have a table in the DB with the different translations, and pass the current locale to the service layer so it loads the right translation. That would not be too hard to implement, but might not be the best idea. I think i18n should be more a presentation level problem and not a service level. Beside, I'd like to have all translation in the application-resource.properties (easier to maintain). Second option : store a key instead of a label in the DB, use that key to get the translation back from application-resource.properties. I think it is a cleaner approach, but ... In this case, I could translate the beans on the flight in the controller, or do the translation in the JSP (with <bean:message/>). Which is better ? There still is the problem of keeping the DB and the application-resource.properties in sync, but that is not a major concern to me (unless you have a better solution ...). Do you have any other idea ? Any comment on my approach ? -- -- Jabber : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (feel free to contact me) _________________________________________________________ Reply to the post : http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2374#2374 Posting to http://forum.andromda.org/ is preferred over posting to the mailing list! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Andromda-user mailing list Andromda-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-user
