On Feb 26, 2008, at 7:30 AM, B.J. Reed wrote:
I have written a patch to get Geronimo messages from a common set of
resource bundles. Included in the patch is the
GeronimoMessageBundle.java, GeronimoMessageBundleTest.java, and the
start of the geronimo-messages.properties file.
Neat!
2) Is there a numbering standard for the key? The standard that I
have started for the message key is as follows:
mmmmlxxxx
mmmm - 4 char module name abbreviation
l - one char level (E - error, W - warning, I - information
xxxx - 4 digit error number
Since I haven't gotten very far...if there is a better suggestion,
then it will be easier to change this sooner rather than later.
I've had a fair bit of i18n experience. Using codes for for i18n has
never went well. It obfuscates code. I've never run into a situation
where having a code made it easer than a terse phrase:
return getMessage ("COMMW0002", key);
instead of
return getMessage ("tooManySubstitutions", key);
5) Is there a way to have the .properties file(s) outside of the
jar? I'm sure there is, but I haven't stumbled across it yet.
That's actually where I've been banging my head the last few days.
OSGi fragments? :D
Regards,
Alan
