[resources] ResourcesDynaBean?

[Joe Germuska <Jo...@Germuska.com>]

I have a situation where I'd like to use a MessageResources object as 
a bean.  I was thinking about implementing a ResourcesDynaBean that 
would wrap a Resources object, but then after thinking about it and 
looking at the Resources code, I realize the complexity of knowing 
the available message keys ahead of time.  Without those, I don't see 
how you could make a DynaClass, but given the fall-back nature of 
internationalized resources files, it's uncertain how you would get 
all the key names.

It strikes me that if you required a locale for the 
ResourcesDynaBean, as well as a Resources, then you could reasonably 
load all of the resource files in the chain, from most specific to 
least, and get all the key names.  I suppose the overhead to doing 
all of this at DynaBean creation time might be significant.

Does this even seem useful to anyone else?

Joe

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