Hi Alex, On Thursday 18 September 2008 15:27, Alex Blewitt wrote: > Converters are needed as an on demand basis - is there any reason the > dynamic loading of a charset could be augmented with the ability to > download additional converters if not found locally? > > This might not make sense for non-connected devices but for desktops > could allow a minimal set to be distributed and then others to be > acquired on demand.
I think you need to split this into two parts - first a flexible (but lightweight) mechanism for resolving charsets or locale data on the fly, and then secondly downloading from a remote server as one way of retrieving the data. Where the data is determined by the Locale the mechanism could be based on java.util.ResourceBundle; then it becomes a question of how to control the search mechanism so that in some cases it will include a remote repository. Regards Chris -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions BE0503765045 Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.k-embedded-java.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 Skype: k.embedded.chris
