Resource Bundles and Locales

Hi!!
I am researching Resource Bundles and how they work and have a question. Do you have to use Locales to determine which bundle to use? You see I am developing a product that will only be used in the US but will be used by several different companies. I would like to use a resource bundle for each company instead of for each country!! Is this possible? and if it is, how?
Thanks for your time

If you want to have default values, I would suggest using ResourceBundles and just sending in a Locale with the variant of the company. That way if your application ever needs to be localized it won't take much to change it. Your properties files would be named baseName_languageCode_CountryCode_Variant.properties.
It has been a great advantage for the program that I am developing.

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Hello,
I am in digging into creating a localized app and I would
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Ideally, I would like to have two locales (for example), each
with a different embedded font and/or unicode range.
For example, how do I set up my localized app so that EN uses
Arial (Latin Range), and JP uses Arial Unicode MS with Japanese
Kanji unicode range ?
Note that I do know how to embed fonts with different ranges,
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and access them easily in style sheets.
Thanks!
-Daniel

Hello!
This is a very pertinent question, however as many things in life there is no one size fits all here.
We basically recommend, as best practice, to allocate for each specific context only the estimated needed resources. These values should always come from a previous study on the network patterns/load.
To accomodate for growth and scalability it is strongly advised to initially keep as many resources reserved as possible and allocate the unused resources as needed. To accomplish this goal, you should created a reserved resource class, as you did already, with a guarantee of 20 to 40 percent of all ACE resources and configure a virtual context solely with the purpose of ensuring that these resources are reserved.
As you might already know ACE protects resources in use, this means that when decreasing a context's resources, the resources must be unused before then can be reused by other context. Although it is possible to decrease the resource allocations in real time, it typically requires additional overhead to clear any used resources before reducing them.
Based on the traffic patterns, number of connections, throughput, concurrent SSL connections , etc, for each of the sites you will be deploying you will have a better idea on what might be the estimated needed resources and then assign them to each of the contexts. Thus this is something that greatly depends on customer's network environment.
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Unable to resolve resource bundle "myResources" locale "en_US" ?

Hi All,
                    I have created two locales one is en_US and Second one is fr_FR. I placed these two files in locale file. These files directory structure is
                ......\src\locale\en_US and .....\src\locale\fr_FR . After placing these two files in the project i was compile my application and it is showing just like unable to resolve resource bundle "myResources" locale "en_US"... can any one help me how to configure the resource bundle in my flex application... i dont have exposure to resource bundle earlier. So plese tell me the configurations step by step.. how to configure...
                       My resource property name is myResource.properties .
Thanks
Ram

If you have already followed the correct directory structure. Then please check the following,
1. change the compiler arguments, to "-locale=en_US,fr_FR -source-path=locale/{locale}"
you can find the compiler arguments, by right-clicking over the project name on the flex builder, properties-> flex compiler->compiler options.
2. please check whether both the locale properties files uses the correct encoding. If not change them to "UTF-8"
you can find this, by right-clicking over the properties file on the flex builder, properties->resources->text file encoding

[svn:fx-trunk] 12663: Adding the resource bundle and fat-swc targets for osmf and textlayout.

Revision: 12663
Revision: 12663
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-08 12:22:31 -0800 (Tue, 08 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Adding the resource bundle and fat-swc targets for osmf and textlayout. Also for osmf adding the doc target. This new format that I added to the two project build files will be what we will use going forward for all projects. I have all the other projects modified and plan on checking them in soon. The format change will make adding new locales easier as well as adding the fat-swc target when needed.
QE notes: no
Doc notes: no
Bugs: no
Reviewer: gaurav
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/build.xml
Added Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/en_US/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/en_US/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/en_US/textLayout.properties
Removed Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/src/OSMFDocClasses.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/en_US/empty.properties

Thats good news.

Resource bundles and sort order?

I am wanting to use a resource bundle to store entries that can then be displayed sorted in a combo-box component in an HTML page, though it does not seem to be working out. Basically I am using JSTL and Struts2, and the select component can take various collection types including a Map. As an alternative I tried using a properties file, but this has two issues:
- I loose the locale resolution mechanism provided by ResourceBundle
- The order in which the entries appeared in the file is lost (it does not inherit from LinkedHashMap)
What approach would you recommend to loading a localised list and then ensure it displays in the order of the display values. I looked around the net, but I am yet to find anything of use.

If you want to have default values, I would suggest using ResourceBundles and just sending in a Locale with the variant of the company. That way if your application ever needs to be localized it won't take much to change it. Your properties files would be named baseName_languageCode_CountryCode_Variant.properties.
It has been a great advantage for the program that I am developing.

Resource Bundle and EJB

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Has anyone tried successfully loading a ResourceBundle properties file from within a EJB? I need to localize messages based on user locale. Hence the need for ResourceBundle.
I read about set the EJB classloader's classpath with a reference to the resource bundle, but I don't know how and where to do this...
Any help appreciated.
Thanks and regards!

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First, thanks all for your answers!! The suggestion from Warnerja has worked. I did packaged the resource files into a .jar file and imported it into my Enterprise App. Thus, I did make a reference in both web project and ejb project.
Hello Dhinojosa, in answer to your question, my project objectives is provide full internationalization support to my application. My doubt is how to implement internationalization support on an application composed by one Web app project one Ejb project and both tiers have to access the resources...
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Resource Bundle and encoding

Hi,
I'm too confused abt the encoding stuff that java does. First of all, I have a resource bundle written in chinese (Big5), in my program I've used getString(key) to retrieve the corresponding value to be displayed on the html page. I've got a few questions.
1) From what I've understand, String is always in Unicode. Does that mean that when the string I've retrieved from Resource Bundle is converted to Unicode?
2) When I do String a = ResourceBundle.getString(key), in order to display the correct Chinese character, I should do new String(a.getBytes("Big5")), right?? But i've got some weird characters. Why?
3) It will work if I use new String(a.getBytes(), "Big5").
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4) It will also work if I use this:
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new StringBufferInputStream(a),"Big5"));
the display will be correct, why is this so? Is there any other class besides StringBufferInputStream as it is deprecated.
I've been researching on this encoding topic for quite some time but didn't manage to understand it at all. Please help!! Thanks!

Hi,
I'm too confused abt the encoding stuff that java
does. First of all, I have a resource bundle written
in chinese (Big5), in my program I've used
getString(key) to retrieve the corresponding value to
be displayed on the html page. I've got a few
questions.PropertyResourceBundles should be converted using the native2ascii tool. ListResourceBundles should be compiled with the -encoding flag. In your case:
1. native2ascii -encoding Big5 resource.txt bundle.properties, or
2. javac -encoding Big5 bundle.java
>
1) From what I've understand, String is always in
Unicode. Does that mean that when the string I've
retrieved from Resource Bundle is converted to
Unicode?Once you have compiled the ResourceBundle, all text objects are represented as Unicode. Your retrieved String is Unicode text.
2) When I do String a = ResourceBundle.getString(key),
in order to display the correct Chinese character, I
should do new String(a.getBytes("Big5")), right?? But
i've got some weird characters. Why?No, you should not try to convert the String further. You have a perfectly good Unicode String at that point. You have weird characters after the above operation because you are converting Big5 text to a Unicode String using the default charset on your host...which may not be Big5 at all. In fact, it is not Big5 since you say you see strange characters.
3) It will work if I use new String(a.getBytes(),
"Big5").
I know that if I use a.getBytes(), it will return me
bytes[] encoded using the system default encoding (in
my case, Cp1252). But why is it returning me the
correct string since my Resource Bundle is written in
"Big5"? Or will getString(key) do some encoding?Do not convert the String. Your operations with getBytes and new String() are an attempt to recreate the original String...which you already have...it is unnecessary.
4) It will also work if I use this:
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(new
StringBufferInputStream(a),"Big5"));
the display will be correct, why is this so? Is there
any other class besides StringBufferInputStream as it
is deprecated.Do not convert the String. It is already usable.
>
I've been researching on this encoding topic for quite
some time but didn't manage to understand it at all.
Please help!! Thanks!String a = bundle.getString(SOME_KEY);
component.setText(a);
This should be sufficient to retrieve and display the text, assuming all else is correct.
Regards,
John O'Conner

Error: Unable to resolve resource bundle "fiber" for locale "en_US".

Hi all,
Im trying to create a resources.swf file for the purpose of dynamic localization of our application. However, I keep getting this error thrown when I try to run the ant script.
Im running Flash Builder 4, the sdk is Flex 4.5.1 with AIR 3.0 and a Windows 7-64 bit machine (just mentioning as a few posts associated it with the OS).
After searching some of the forum posts, ( http://forums.adobe.com/thread/606383)
1> I checked the eclipse.ini file and found the following lines already in there.
     -nl
     en_US
2> My compiler options already has -locale en_US specified.
3> I tried including the swc files as suggested in the referenced thread, both as a referenced library and by manually copying the swcs to the project, but neither of them helped.
     "import 2 swc folders (Under Properties -> Flex Build Path -> Library Path):
     /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4/plugins/com.adobe.flexbuilder.dcrad_4.0.0.272416/dcradSwcs/4.0/libs
     and
     /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4/plugins/com.adobe.flexbuilder.dcrad_4.0.0.272416/dcradSwcs/4.0/loca le"
Thanks in advance for your help.
My build.xml file looks as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="appName" basedir="." default="main">
          <taskdef resource="flexTasks.tasks" classpath="${basedir}/lib/flexTasks.jar"/>
          
          <property name="FLEX_HOME" value="C:/Users/abc/Documents/flex_sdk_4.5.1.21328_AIR3.0"/>
          <property name="APP_ROOT" value="appName"/>
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                    <antcall target="en_US"></antcall>

          </target>
          <target name="en_US">
                    <mxmlc>
                              <locale>en_US</locale>
                              <source-path>locale/{locale}</source-path>
                              <include-resource-bundles>appResource</include-resource-bundles>
                              <include-resource-bundles>SharedResources</include-resource-bundles>
                              <include-resource-bundles>collections</include-resource-bundles>
                              <include-resource-bundles>components</include-resource-bundles>
                              <include-resource-bundles>containers</include-resource-bundles>
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                              <include-resource-bundles>core</include-resource-bundles>
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                              <include-resource-bundles>validators</include-resource-bundles>
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</project>
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AJ

I did import the swcs first as a referenced library, by
Project-> Properties -> Flex Build Path -> Library Path -> add swc folder.
Secondly, I manually copied the swcs from the folders at
1>
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4 Plug-in\eclipse\plugins\com.adobe.flexbuilder.dcrad_4.0.0.272416\dcradSwcs\4.0\libs
files present: fds.swc, fiber.swc and serializers.swc
2>
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4 Plug-in\eclipse\plugins\com.adobe.flexbuilder.dcrad_4.0.0.272416\dcradSwcs\4.0\locale
files present: fds_rb.swc, fiber_rb.swc and serializers_rb.swc
into the libs folder of my project .

I'm getting an error "Could not find compiled resource bundle 'layout' for locale 'en_US'."

I thought I would update to the latest trunk version of the sdk. When I run my code I keep getting this Error being thrown:
"Error: Could not find compiled resource bundle 'layout' for locale 'en_US'."
It worked fine with the beta sdk and nightly builds from a long time before that. The error occured in builds 7573 and 7830, so what ever changed happened before then. I put a break point in there, and other resource bundles are being loaded ok.
My project uses RSLs and modules. I'm using Flash Builder beta.
I'm not familiar with resource bundles and not sure what to look for. Any ideas as to what to try or where to look?
Is there something I need to update to run the latest code?
Is the the appropriate place to post questions regarding the nightly builds? Or should I be asking somewhere else?
Thanks!
PS Here is the full stack trace if it gives anyone more ideas:
Error: Could not find compiled resource bundle 'layout' for locale 'en_US'.
    at mx.resources::ResourceManagerImpl/installCompiledResourceBundle()[E:\dev\trunk\frameworks \projects\framework\src\mx\resources\ResourceManagerImpl.as:339]
    at mx.resources::ResourceManagerImpl/installCompiledResourceBundles()[E:\dev\trunk\framework s\projects\framework\src\mx\resources\ResourceManagerImpl.as:268]
    at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/installCompiledResourceBundles()
    at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/docFrameHandler()
    at flash.display::MovieClip/nextFrame()
    at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/deferredNextFrame()
    at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/update()
    at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/moduleCompleteHandler()

hi
also add the following
to my compiler auguments:
-locale en_US    -source-path=locale/{locale}    -allow-source-path-overlap=true
and to actionScriptProperties I have the following where path= is the location of your locale folder
<compilerSourcePathEntry kind="1" linkType="1" path="/locale/{locale}"/>
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Resource Bundle issue in ATG 10 migration

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Migrating from ATG 2007.1 to 10 & getting issues with resource bundle for Merchandizing pages in BCC.Page is loading the StoreMerchandisingIcons.swf from the WAR module.Additionally the page is throwing error #404 for StoreMerchandisingIcons_en.swf & StoreMerchandisingIcons_en_US.swf (which is not available in the WAR)
This URL is loading fine
http://localhost:8180/store-merchandising/StoreMerchandisingIcons.swf
404 for these URLs
http://localhost:8180/store-merchandising/StoreMerchandisingIcons_en.swf
http://localhost:8180/store-merchandising/StoreMerchandisingIcons_en_US.swf
Configured the resource bundle & default locale in the StoreConfiguration but still I am getting this error.Am I missing anything?
Debugged through FireBug , not getting any error in the page or Jboss console
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Now, however, you're trying to access a Model layer bundle which is itself an aberration imho. I already mentioned that in numerous posts in the past, but I won't ever think that specifying localized information in the model layer is a good design. At best I could accept it for default value, but localized message it in no way a business logic concern, it's pretty much a pure presentation one. The model layer should return error code/keys and parameters and it should be the responsibility of the view layer to translate it in an understandable version for the target client (human or automated). Can't you use a view layer bundle?
Regards,
~ Simon

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We are creating different ADF application and each of them should use the same resource bundle.
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How can i share a bundle so each application does not need to create or copy/paste the bundle?
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File Name: PropertyResolverImpl.java
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Line Number: 342
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Reloading external resource-bundle

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Version : Jdev 11.1.1.4.0 & 11.1.1.5.0
I was wondering , if there is any possible way to reload faces-config.xml.
My Scenario's :
*1.*
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*2.*
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<br>
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Scenario 1. Is there any way, to reload faces-config.xml every time the session is created. So that new property file is loaded.
or Scenario 2. Is there any way, I can cache the already loaded bundle & reuse it instead of making a IO call to load file.
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-Neha..

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http://technology.amis.nl/2012/07/11/adf-11g-label-modifications-and-persisting-resource-bundle-changes/
http://technology.amis.nl/2012/08/14/refresh-resource-bundle-from-within-the-adf-application-to-absorb-changes-in-database-backed-bundles/

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We are upgrading from jhs 9.03 to jhs 9.0.4.4. A new feature is resource bundles and that is were we are having problems with.
We have two jhs subapplications and I want to use the same resource bundle class for both applications. The problem is that every time I start JAG the class is being overwritten and not append to the existing class.
There is a other project that also uses jhs and has two subapplications. They don't have that problem. There the class is not overwritten every time.
I first tried using JDeveloper 9.0.3.1, but also tried it with JDeveloper 9.0.3.3. Both had this problem.
Does anyone have a idea what this could be? When does JAG decide that the file should be overwritten?
Thanx,
Dennis

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