I'll take a look at your tips and I'll reply here. About the book, of course you can always make some time for that!! What do you currently do from midnight to six?
I would definitely buy a copy ;-) Thanks, Rodrigo On 9/11/07, Marcel Offermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Rodrigo, > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 18:08 , Rodrigo Madera wrote: > > > Thanks guys, but I still think that's not enough. > > I believe you also agree. > > I agree, it's not enough, and to be honest I would love to have the > time to write a book. :) Tom's suggestion about the white board > pattern actually is a very valuable one, btw! > > > How would you guys recommend implementing i18n support for an > > application > > that is modularized? Create a service that translates? Like > > MyAppInternationalization, with > > methods such as getMessage(). Or do you have a better approach? > > There are two questions regarding modularization that come to mind: > 1. Do individual modules have new strings that need translation, or > is there only one module that contains all these strings? > 2. Do you want to be able to plug in new languages or is the set of > languages fixed? > > If you look at the OSGi specification, they use fragment bundles to > add translations to modules that need translating. In general, that > would be my advice. > > On the other hand, I've used a service in the past too (either one > service, or multiple ones). A third option is to use a listener that > listens to bundles and inspects their manifest to check if they have > specific properties (something indicating this bundle contains > property files with translations). > > > Also, where can I find more examples? > > I'm sure you already googled, there are quite a few articles and > snippets of documentation around. Are you looking for anything specific? > > Greetings, Marcel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
