Cannot generate java file from i18ngen utility

Question

Hi,
I have a message catalog file named PNS.xml which generated by MsgEditor and
its content as follow.
<message_catalog
i18n_package="weblogic.i18n"
l10n_package="weblogic.i18n"
subsystem="pns"
version="1.0"
>
<!-- -->
<message
messageid="lang_id"
datehash="336038090"
datelastchanged="1020896502008"
method="langId(String arg0)"
>
<messagebody>
EN {0}
</messagebody>
</message>
</message_catalog>
--------------- End of content
However, there is no output file(s) in c:\temp\weblogic\i18n\ directory
when I enter the follow command.
C:\Temp>java weblogic.i18ngen -debug weblogic\msgcat\PNS.xml
Options:
server=false
ignore=false
verbose=false
debug=true
nobuild=false
i18n=false
l10n=false
compile=false
Processing input: C:\Temp\weblogic\msgcat\PNS.xml
Using validating parser
Document start
Receive element: message_catalog
Adding new message_catalog
PNS.xml
Setting attr: name=i18n_package, value=weblogic.i18n
Setting attr: name=l10n_package, value=weblogic.i18n
Setting attr: name=subsystem, value=pns
Setting attr: name=version, value=1.0
Receive element: message
Adding new Message
Setting attr: name=messageid, value=lang_id
Setting attr: name=datehash, value=336038090
Setting attr: name=datelastchanged, value=1020896502008
Setting attr: name=method, value=langId(String arg0)
processing method, langId(String arg0)
Setting method name, langId
Adding arg, String
Receive element: messagebody
Adding new messagebody
Received chars: <
EN {0}
>
adding to body
linking messagebody to message lang_id
linking message lang_id to message_catalog
Validating simple message catalog...
Validating message...
C:\Temp>
(C:\Temp is already in my classpath)
If anyone knows how to use this utility, please let me know.
Thanks for your help.
Tommy

Answer 1

Admittedly poor choice of option names. -i18n causes Logger classes to be
created. Loggers are generated from Log message catalogs, which you aren't
using. The -l10n option works on your catalog. The diff between i18n and l10n
is the notion of whether the generated classes are used for i18n-izing or
localizing at runtime. When you use the generated Logger classes you are
outputting localizable (ie internationalized) message to the log. The
TextFormatter, on the other hand, produces localized output
Tommy wrote:
Sorry for the typo, the command I used in the last message should be this
one.
C:\Temp>java weblogic.i18ngen -i18n -debug weblogic\msgcat\PNS.xml
For another scenario, the java file and the properties file could be
generated with the -l10n option.
What is the different in between those options?
Thanks for your help.
Tommy
"Tommy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a message catalog file named PNS.xml which generated by MsgEditorand
its content as follow.
<message_catalog
i18n_package="weblogic.i18n"
l10n_package="weblogic.i18n"
subsystem="pns"
version="1.0"
>
<!-- -->
<message
messageid="lang_id"
datehash="336038090"
datelastchanged="1020896502008"
method="langId(String arg0)"
>
<messagebody>
EN {0}
</messagebody>
</message>
</message_catalog>
--------------- End of content
However, there is no output file(s) in c:\temp\weblogic\i18n\ directory
when I enter the follow command.
C:\Temp>java weblogic.i18ngen -debug weblogic\msgcat\PNS.xml
Options:
server=false
ignore=false
verbose=false
debug=true
nobuild=false
i18n=false
l10n=false
compile=false
Processing input: C:\Temp\weblogic\msgcat\PNS.xml
Using validating parser
Document start
Receive element: message_catalog
Adding new message_catalog
PNS.xml
Setting attr: name=i18n_package, value=weblogic.i18n
Setting attr: name=l10n_package, value=weblogic.i18n
Setting attr: name=subsystem, value=pns
Setting attr: name=version, value=1.0
Receive element: message
Adding new Message
Setting attr: name=messageid, value=lang_id
Setting attr: name=datehash, value=336038090
Setting attr: name=datelastchanged, value=1020896502008
Setting attr: name=method, value=langId(String arg0)
processing method, langId(String arg0)
Setting method name, langId
Adding arg, String
Receive element: messagebody
Adding new messagebody
Received chars: <
EN {0}
>
adding to body
linking messagebody to message lang_id
linking message lang_id to message_catalog
Validating simple message catalog...
Validating message...
C:\Temp>
(C:\Temp is already in my classpath)
If anyone knows how to use this utility, please let me know.
Thanks for your help.
Tommy