Re: XML properties files - brainstorm

Posted by Adrian Crum on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/XML-properties-files-brainstorm-tp185922p185950.html

David E Jones wrote:

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> On Nov 26, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
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>> David E Jones wrote:
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>>> 2. there is no way to configure the default locale without  renaming  
>>> properties files (ie what if someone wants it_IT to be  the default  
>>> locale instead of en_US so that if no locale is  specified that is
>>> what  will show up, as if the properties file  with no locale suffix
>>> had the  Italian labels)
>>
>>
>> Have you seen an example of this? The UtilProperties.getMessage(...)  
>> methods throw an exception if you pass a null Locale object.
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>
> I can see how the sentence would be confusing, especially not in the  
> context of what was in the parenthesis.
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> The is not the default locale for the system, but the default locale  to
> use when there is no properties file for the locale specified.
>
> -David

Understood. I would like to submit a separate patch to provide a configurable default locale -
similar to the work I did to configure a default time zone. The properties code would then fall back
to that default locale if no properties file with the specified locale is found.

-Adrian