[gradebook2-dev] gb2 and dynamic localization

[Thomas Amsler]

See inline comments bellow:

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:27 PM, John Bush <john.bush at rsmart.com> wrote:
> I've been looking into a way to make gb2 integrate with the new
> dynamic loading of bundle data available in 2.8.  See
> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18678.
>
> I see GWT has another method other than the I18nConstants approach
> that allows for server side localization:
> http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/latest/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/Dictionary.html

Do you just want to use this approach on the server side? You mention
above " ...allows for server side localization".

>
> >From looking at the code switching this out touch almost everything.

We could try a refactor and see how bad it is.

> So here's my crazy idea.
>
> Use javassist or some other byte code library to get around the fact
> that this call can't really be extended:
> (I18nMessages) GWT.create(I18nMessages.class);
>
Whatever tool/library you use, it would have to be able to build
within the GWT JRE emulation subset:

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/RefJreEmulation.html


> So basically I'd augment the class that GWT is generating and throw
> away what it does and instead delegate all the calls to the
> Dictionary, which can then look them up from the server.
>
> Crazy or possible, what do you think?  Going to play around with it a
> little tomorrow.
>
> --
> John Bush
> 602-490-0470
> _______________________________________________
> gradebook2-dev mailing list
> gradebook2-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/gradebook2-dev
>