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#LyX 1.6.7 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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\begin_document
\begin_header
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\language english
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\use_hyperref false
\papersize default
\use_geometry false
\use_amsmath 1
\use_esint 1
\cite_engine basic
\use_bibtopic false
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\author ""
\author ""
\end_header
\begin_body
\begin_layout Chapter
Internationalization
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "cha:Internationalization"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Internationalization | see I18N
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I18N
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The ability to display pages to users of multiple languages is a common
feature of many web frameworks.
Lift builds on the underlying Java I18N foundations
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Primarily java.util.Locale and java.util.ResourceBundle
\end_layout
\end_inset
to provide a simple yet flexible means for using Locales and translated
strings in your app.
Locales are used to control not only what language the text is in that's
presented to the user, but also number and date formatting, among others.
If you want more details on the underlying foundation of Java I18N we suggest
you visit the Internationalization Homepage at
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/core/basic/intl/
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Another note is that languages are selected in Lift using language tags,
as defined in
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Language tags are base on the ISO 639 standard
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
In general, you should keep language tags as short as possible and avoid
adding information (such as regional specifiers) that does not provide
otherwise distinguishing information.
For example, if your Spanish page will be used for both Mexican and Spanish
clients without modification, simply use
\family typewriter
es
\family default
and not
\family typewriter
es_MX
\family default
or
\family typewriter
es_ES
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Localized Templates
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:Localized-Templates"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I18N ! Localized templates
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As we described in Section
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand vref
reference "sec:Templates"
\end_inset
, Lift automatically chooses the template for a request based on the current
locale by appending the locale's variants.
That means that a request for
\family typewriter
/index
\family default
with a calculated locale of
\family typewriter
en_US
\family default
will try these filenames, in order:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
index_en_US.html
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
index_en.html
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
index.html
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that Java upper-cases the country portion of the locale, so you need
to make sure you name your templates accordingly.
For instance, in the above example a file named
\family typewriter
index_en_us.html
\family default
wouldn't match
\begin_inset Note Note
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I tested this locally.
Not sure if this is something we would want to fix in Lift
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Resource Bundles
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:Resource-Bundles"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Resource bundles are sets of property files
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Technically, they can have other formats, but Lift generally only deals
with
\family typewriter
PropertyResourceBundles
\end_layout
\end_inset
that contain keyed strings for your application to use in messages.
In addition to the key/value pair contents of the files, the filename itself
is significant.
When a
\family typewriter
ResourceBundle
\family default
is specified by name, the base name is used as the default, and additional
files with names of the form
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
<base name>_<language tag>
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
can be used to specify translations of the default strings in a given language.
As an example, consider listing
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Default-door-bundle"
\end_inset
, which specifies a default resource bundle for an application that reports
the status of a door (open or closed).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset listings
inline false
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Default Door Bundle
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "lst:Default-door-bundle"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
openStatus=The door is open
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
closedStatus=The door is closed
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Suppose this file is called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
DoorMessages.properties
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
; we can provide an additional translation for Spanish by creating a file
called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
DoorMessages_es.properties
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, shown in listing
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Spanish-door-bundle"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset listings
inline false
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Spanish Door Bundle
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "lst:Spanish-door-bundle"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
openStatus=La puerta está abierta
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
closedStatus=La puerta está cerrada
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you want to retrieve a message (covered in the next two sections) Lift
will check the current Locale and see if there's a specialized ResourceBundle
available for it.
If so, it uses the messages in that file; otherwise, it uses the default
bundle.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Lift supports using multiple resource bundle files so that you can break
your messages up into functional groups.
You specify this by setting the
\family typewriter
LiftRules.resourceNames
\family default
property to a list of the base names (without a language or
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
.properties
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
extension):
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
LiftRules.resourceNames = "DoorMessages" ::
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
"DoorknobMessages" :: Nil
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The order that you define the resource bundle names is the order that they'll
be searched for keys.
The message properties files should be located in your
\family typewriter
WEB-INF/classes
\family default
folder so that they are accessible from Lift's classloader
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The properties files are retrieved with
\family typewriter
ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream
\end_layout
\end_inset
; if you're using Maven this will happen if you put your files in the
\family typewriter
src/main/resources
\family default
directory.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\begin_inset Box Shadowbox
position "t"
hor_pos "c"
has_inner_box 1
inner_pos "t"
use_parbox 0
width "75col%"
special "none"
height "1in"
height_special "totalheight"
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Note: According to the
\family typewriter
Properties
\family default
documentation
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
, keys
\emph on
must
\emph default
escape significant whitespace, colons or equals signs in the key itself
with backslashes.
For example, to specify
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
this = that
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
as a key, you would have to write it as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
this
\backslash
\backslash
=
\backslash
that
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in the properties file.
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I18N ! whitespace in keys
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
An Important Note on Resource Bundle Resolution
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I18N ! Resource bundle resolution
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Per Java’s documentation on
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "ResourceBundle"
target "http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ResourceBundle.html#getBundle(java.lang.String,%20java.util.Locale,%20java.lang.ClassLoader)"
\end_inset
, resolution of property files is done in this order:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language1 + “_” + country1 + “_” + variant1
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language1 + “_” + country1
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language1
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language2 + “_” + country2 + “_” + variant2
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language2 + “_” + country2
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName + “_” + language2
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
baseName
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where “language1”, “country1”, and “variant1” are the requested locale parameter
s, and “language2”, “country2”, “variant2” are the default locale parameters.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For example, if the default locale for your computer is “en_GB”, someone
requests a page for “ja”, and you have the following property files defined:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Messages_fr_FR.properties
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Messages_en_GB.properties
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Messages.properties
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
then the
\series bold
Messages_en_GB.properties
\series default
file, and not
\series bold
Messages.properties
\series default
will be used.
If you want to change this behavior so that any undefined locales utilize
the base properties file, set your default Locale to the ROOT locale in
your
\family typewriter
Boot.scala
\family default
with the code shown in Listing
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Setting-the-ROOT-locale"
\end_inset
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset listings
inline false
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "lst:Setting-the-ROOT-locale"
\end_inset
Setting the ROOT Default Locale
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
import java.util.Locale
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Locale.setDefault(Locale.ROOT)
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Localized Strings in Scala Code
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:Localized-Strings-in-Scala"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Retrieving localized strings in your Scala code is primarily performed using
the
\family typewriter
S.?
\family default
method.
When invoked with one argument the resource bundles are searched for a
key matching the given argument.
If a matching value is found it's returned.
If it can't be found then Lift calls
\family typewriter
LiftRules.localizationLookupFailureNotice
\family default
on the (key, current Locale) pair and then simply returns the key.
If you call
\family typewriter
S.?
\family default
with more than one argument, the first argument is still the key to look
up, but any remaining arguments are used as format parameters for
\family typewriter
String.format
\family default
executed on the retrieved value.
For example, listing
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Formatted-bundles"
\end_inset
shows a sample bundle file and the associated Scala code for using message
formatting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset listings
inline false
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Formatted Bundles
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "lst:Formatted-bundles"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
// bundle
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
tempMsg=The current temperature is %0.1 degrees
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
// code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
var currentTmp : Double = getTemp()
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Text(S.?("tempMsg", currentTemp))
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Lift also provides the
\family typewriter
S.??
\family default
method, which is similar to
\family typewriter
S.?
\family default
but uses the
\family typewriter
ResourceBundle
\family default
for internal Lift strings.
Lift's resource-bundles are located in the i18n folder with the name lift-core.p
roperties The resource-bundle name is given by
\family typewriter
LiftRules.liftCoreResourceName
\family default
variable.
Generally you won't use this method.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Formatting Localized Strings
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
While Lift provides facilities for retrieving strings from localized property
bundles (Section
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Localized-Strings-in-Scala"
\end_inset
), it does not provide direct support for localized formatting of those
strings.
There is an
\family typewriter
S.?
\family default
method which takes additional parameters, but it uses
\family typewriter
String.format
\family default
(and printf syntax) to format the strings and does not properly support
date/time formatting.
Instead, we recommend you use
\family typewriter
java.text.MessageFormat
\family default
for localized strings that will use parameters.
Listing
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:A-Utility-Method-l10n"
\end_inset
shows a utility method that you can use in your code to localize strings
with parameters.
Note that if you have a lot of Lift's implicit conversions in scope you
may need to explicitly type some arguments as we have in this example.
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A Utility Method for Localizing Strings
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LatexCommand label
name "lst:A-Utility-Method-l10n"
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private def i10n(key : String, args : Object*) = {
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import java.text.{FieldPosition,MessageFormat}
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val formatter = new MessageFormat(S.?(key), S.locale)
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formatter.format(args.toArray, new StringBuffer, new FieldPosition(0)).toString
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}
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// Usage:
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<span>{i10n("welcome", new java.util.Date, 6 : Integer)}</span>
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Localized Strings in Templates
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I18N ! Localized templates
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You can add localized strings directly in your templates through the
\family typewriter
<lift:loc />
\family default
tag.
You can either provide a locid attribute on the tag which is used as the
lookup key, or if you don't provide one, the contents of the tag will be
used as the key.
In either case, if the key can't be found in any resource bundles, the
contents of the tag will be used.
Listing
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LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Using-the-loc-tag"
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shows some examples of how you could use lift:loc.
In both examples, assume that we're using the resource bundle shown in
listing
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LatexCommand ref
reference "lst:Spanish-door-bundle"
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.
The fallthrough behavior lets us put a default text (English) directly
in the template, although for consistency you should usually provide an
explicit bundle for all languages.
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Using the loc tag
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LatexCommand label
name "lst:Using-the-loc-tag"
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