RE: Proposal for implementation of lookup of localized web-resour ces

[GOMEZ Henri <hg...@slib.fr>]

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>On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Arieh Markel wrote:
>
>> We are about to release a product on which we include Tomcat 3.2.
>> 
>> Our testing and localization people have been banging at our product
>> and come up with several remarks about how lookup for a localized
>> resource (file: html, gif, javascript, etc) are being done.
>> 
>> I have in the past contributed localization code to the 3.2 
>code base.
>> 
>> I have received a couple of remarks from the localization people.
>> 
>> The current way that localization is done on the code I contributed
>> to 3.2 was what I called 'file-based' lookup.
>> 
>> An alternative method that I implemented in our application (but have
>> not contributed to Jakarta yet) is 'docbase-based' lookup.
>> 
>> Here is a brief overview of both mechanisms:
>> 
>> Assume locale in request is:		fr_CA
>> Assume locale of where tomcat is set:	en_US
>> 
>> 
>>    requested path	
>>    
>>  		<docbase>/dir/.../index.html  
>> 
>>    file-based:		(path/<filebasename>[locale].filetype)
>>    
>> 1. <docbase>/dir/.../index_fr_CA.html
>> 2. <docbase>/dir/.../index_fr.html
>> 3. <docbase>/dir/.../index_en_US.html
>> 4. <docbase>/dir/.../index_en.html
>> 5. <docbase>/dir/.../index.html
>> 
>> 
>>    docbase-based:	([locale]/path/filename)
>> 
>> 1. <docbase>/fr_CA/dir/.../index.html
>> 2. <docbase>/fr/.../index.html
>> 3. <docbase>/en_US/.../index.html
>> 4. <docbase>/en/.../index.html
>> 5. <docbase>/dir/.../index.html
>> 
>> 
>> File-based lookup works in a manner similar to how 
>ResourceBundle does.
>> 
>> Docbase-based lookup is similar to how JavaHelp organizes the files.
>> 
>> ----
>> 
>> Implementation proposal:
>> 
>> a. create a class 'org.apache.tomcat.util.Localization' (for 3.x).
>> 	          'org.apache.catalina.util.Localization' (for 4.x).
>> 
>> b. implement two static methods:
>> 
>> 	public static String getLocalizedPathFileBased (
>> 			String dir, String path, Locale loc, 
>Locale fbLoc)
>> 			
>> 	public static String getLocalizedPathDocBaseBased (
>> 			String dir, String path, Locale loc, 
>Locale fbLoc)
>> 
>> 
>> c. For 3.x:  in StaticInterceptor, add "localization" as a property
>>    with valid values of:
>>    		"file" "docbase"
>>    		
>> d. For 4.x:  (I have just begun looking at the code yesterday - would
>> 	      appreciate some pointers from the 4.x experts of where the
>> 	      serving of resource is done)
>> 	      
>> ----
>> 
>> Any opinions ?
>> 
>> Much of the code has already been written and has been tested.
>> 
>> 
>> Arieh
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