8 Replies Latest reply on Oct 29, 2007 12:19 PM by amitev

    Internationalization in RichFaces

    steven.whatmore Sep 7, 2007 5:08 PM

      Good afternoon,

      Can anyone point me at a good RichFaces example application that includes internationalization.

      Alternatively, if you could highlight the proper approach / best practices (sample code) for I18N'ing a RichFaces application that would be appreciated as well.

      Thanks in advance.

      Whatty

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        • 1. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
          tjakopec
          tjakopec Sep 10, 2007 3:11 AM (in response to steven.whatmore)

          faces-config.xml

          <locale-config>
 <default-locale>hr</default-locale>
 <supported-locale>hr</supported-locale>
 <supported-locale>en</supported-locale>
</locale-config>


          some jsp page 
          <r:panelBarItem label="#{messages['zajednicke.akcija']}">


          seam default locale selector 

          <h:selectOneMenu value="#{localeSelector.localeString}"
 styleClass="zelenoTankiBorder">
 <f:selectItems value="#{localeSelector.supportedLocales}" />
 <a:support event="onchange" action="#{localeSelector.select}">
 <t:updateActionListener value="#{localeSelector.localeString}"
 property="#{oper.postavkeOperatera.jezik}" />
 </a:support>
</h:selectOneMenu>


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          • 2. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
            tjakopec
            tjakopec Sep 10, 2007 3:22 AM (in response to steven.whatmore)

            forgot
            in WEB-INF/classes should be properties files

            example

            messages_en.properties
messages_hr.properties


            and that files look like this

            messages_en.properties 
            autorizacija.autorizacija = Authorization
autorizacija.autoriziraj = Authorization
autorizacija.dobrodosli = Welcome!
autorizacija.jezik = Language
autorizacija.lozinka = Password
autorizacija.operater = Operater


            messages_hr.properties 
            autorizacija.autorizacija = Autorizacija
autorizacija.autoriziraj = Autoriziraj
autorizacija.dobrodosli = Dobrodo\u0161li!
autorizacija.jezik = Jezik
autorizacija.lozinka = Lozinka
autorizacija.operater = Operater


            P.S.
            under Eclipse use ResourceBundle editor plugin

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            • 3. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
              steven.whatmore Sep 10, 2007 9:57 AM (in response to steven.whatmore)

              Good morning,

              First, thanks for the response.

              I followed your instructions, placing a locale-config if the faces config file and created the corresponding message_XX.properties, however, it does not seem to be working.

              Here is my FACES / JSP page

              <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax" version="2.0">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<ui:composition>

<head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
 <title>
 <h:outputText value="#{messages['administration.title']}"/>
 </title>
</head>

<body>

<h1><h:outputText value="#{messages['administration.title']}"/></h1>
<br/>
<a href="administration/menu.jspx"><h:outputText value="#{messages['administration.menu']}"/></a>

</body>

</ui:composition>

</html>

</jsp:root>


              which results in a blank page since the I18N messages are not being displayed properly.

              Any thoughts?

              Thanks in advance.

              Whatty

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              • 4. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
                steven.whatmore Sep 10, 2007 1:42 PM (in response to steven.whatmore)

                Good afternoon,

                I added the following line

                <a4j:loadBundle basename="messages" var="msgs"/>


                immediately following the 

                <ui:composition>


                tag and of course referenced the messages via 

                <h:outputText value="#{msgs['administration.title']}"/>


                which solved the problem.

                Is this the correct way / "best practice" method in which to approach I18N?

                Thanks in advance.

                Whatty

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                • 5. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
                  ishabalov Sep 10, 2007 2:20 PM (in response to steven.whatmore)

                  Yes, that is correct approach.

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                  • 6. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
                    steven.whatmore Sep 10, 2007 2:51 PM (in response to steven.whatmore)

                    Thank you (all)

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                    • 7. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
                      parki
                      parki Oct 29, 2007 12:07 PM (in response to steven.whatmore)

                      Hi all -

                      Thanks for the above info - am now supporting internationalization in RichFaces using <a4j:loadBundle>

                      My web page contains:

                      <f:view locale="en>...

                      and if I change this to:

                      <f:view locale="fr">...

                      it all works.

                      My question is - how can I change this in code - I'd like to be able to change the locale "on the fly".

                      Any help is appreciated.

                      Thanks.

                      parki...


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                      • 8. Re: Internationalization in RichFaces
                        amitev
                        amitev Oct 29, 2007 12:19 PM (in response to steven.whatmore)

                        You can change the locale on the fly but don't use <f:view locale="fr">. You can set the locale using

                        facesContext.getApplication().setDefaultLocale()


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