+1 for 3.3
+1 for 3.2 if the code change is just adding few methods ( that can't
affect anyone ) and a one line change in StaticInterceptor
( and if the release manager is comfortable with that - but that's the
default :-)
Costin
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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