Java does support plural forms of some kind in the ChoiceFormat method which combined with MessageFormat can be used in conjunction with resource bundles. While the GWT way is similar it's not the same. Making it the same would add benefit for any developers creating other Java based application:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17476_01/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/ChoiceFormat.html On Jul 11, 6:58 am, Luis Daniel Mesa Velasquez <[email protected]> wrote: > you need ConstantsWithLookup... i think... or check > this...http://codeherding.blogspot.com/look at the end for the archive and > then find the intro.... then select the i18n section. > > On Jul 10, 2:51 pm, Stefan Bachert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > First of all i18n of GWT is using property file like classical java, > > but during compile time. > > Not using the file directly during runtime is quite obvious: the app > > live in the browser and has no direct access to the file systems. > > > You could write a generic approach to download properties files from > > server. > > This has at least 3 drawbacks > > a) It is slow > > b) It does not check whether a constant is used at all > > c) It may be a security whole. > > > There are enough good reasons to do i18n not exactly like java does. > > > I feel quite confortable with GWT i18n. > > > Stefan Bacherthttp://gwtworld.de > > > On 10 Jul., 04:52, Aladdin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > All I want is to create I18N support in my application , it has been > > > three days and it's now 5:37 am because the GWT team want invent new > > > language other than Java. > > > > So my question , why instead of using the Java's regular resource > > > bundle the GWT team go with their imagination and invent new way , so > > > experts Java developers have to learn new APIs and methods ... give > > > us a break !!! > > > > All I want is old fashion properties file that users can add new > > > locals to my application without having to recompile the code . > > > > ClientBundle , Dictionary , Constants ... blah ... blah ... blah .. > > > > GWT is a great product , but please just give us Java ,because when > > > you say it's Java it's not only the syntax , it's the library ... this > > > what took me 10 years to master not how to write if ..else > > > statement ... > > > > Or just call it GWT++ > > > > Aladdin > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
