Re: [xwiki-dev] [Proposal] Internationalizing XWiki Applications

Hi Vincent, Sorry for responding so late to this. There is however something that scares me about your proposal. The use case is this: changing the translation of one single existing string (suppose the previous translation was not good enough). It seems to me it will be hard to find out where the translation of this particular string is defined. The most severe seem to be use cases 2 and 3, where the call to msg explicitly specifies a place, but well that is just taken as a hint. Assuming there are 3 document bundles registered with XWiki, there will be 5 different places (and a fixed order between them) where the user needs to look for his string. So what is the reason for applying the fallback mechanism when the user has explicitly mentioned where the string should come from?

On 7/16/07, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Here's my proposal for internationalizing XWiki apps. The idea is to > propose several solutions for XWiki apps writers: > > * Use case 1: I have lots of text on my page > - solution: use XWiki's mechanism for translating page by creating > several editions of the page in the different languages > > * Use case 2: I want translation resources for my application only > and I'd like to share resources between pages > - solution: use: $msg("mykey", > "MySpace.MyTranslationDocForThisApplication") > - MySpace.MyTranslationDocForThisApplication is a standard > document to which a XWiki.PropertiesClass object is attached > - It'll search first in that doc's PropertiesClass and if not > found in XWiki's registered document bundles and if not there in > XWiki's static resource bundle files > > * Use case 3: I want translation resources only for a given page > - solution: use: $msg("mykey", $doc) > - You'll need to have attached a PropertieClass object to the page > where $msg is used > - It'll search first in that object and if not found in XWiki's > registered document bundles and if not there in XWiki's static > resource bundle files > > * Use case 4: I want to have a global translation resources for all > my apps in the wiki > - solution: use: $msg("mykey") > - You'll need to have created ad registered resource bundle > documents in the Wiki preferences > - It'll search first in XWiki's registered document bundles and if > not there in XWiki's static resource bundle files > > Implementation details: > > * Add XWikiMessageTool.get(String, String) API > * Add XWiki.PropertiesClass class in XE in the Administration > Application + a class sheet for presenting the properties nicely > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent