Wiki source code of InternationalizingApplications

Version 2.1 by NatoIne on 2007/11/26

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1 1 Writing Internationalized XWiki Applications
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3 #toc("" "" "")
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5 1.1 Using the static Resource Bundles
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7 * Stop your XWiki instance
8 * Unjar the ~~WEB-INF/lib/xwiki-core-\*.jar~~ file in ~~WEB-INF/classes~~ and remove it from ~~WEB-INF/lib~~
9 * Edit the ~~WEB-INF/classes/ApplicationResources*.properties~~ Resource Bundle files by adding the key/value pairs you need for your application.
10 * In your document, use the following to get the value associated with a key:
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12 {code}
13 $msg.get("key")
14 {code}
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16 This will get the value from the Resource Bundle corresponding to the current language you are using in XWiki.
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18 #info("sometimes the xwiki-core- file doesn't exist and you have to unjar xwiki.jar instead")
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20 1.1 Using properties located in XWiki pages
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22 #warning("The features described below are only available in XWiki 1.0 Beta 4 and above. The ability to parametrize the resource string is available only in XWiki 1.0 Beta 5 and above.")
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24 * Create a page that will host your key/value pairs.
25 * Enter all the key/value pairs in that page (use the wiki editor). For example:
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27 {code}
28 greeting=hello
29 welcome=Welcome
30 withparams=I can {0} pass {1} {2} params too using the Java MessageFormat syntax
31 {code}
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33 * Do the same for all the translations you want.
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35 #info("To enable multiple languages you'll need to go to the Administration page and set MultiLingual to true and list the different languages you wish to use in the Languages field.")
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37 * Tell XWiki that your page is a Document Bundle by going to the Administration page, selecting the Advanced tab and entering it in the "Internationalization Document Bundles" field. You can specify several pages, separated by commas.
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39 * Alternatively you can also specify the list of Internationalization Document Bundles in ~~xwiki.cfg~~ under the key ~~xwiki.documentBundles~~.
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41 * On the page where you want to use the internationalized message, use:
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43 {code}
44 $msg.get("key")
45 $msg.get("key", ["param1", "param2", ...])
46 {code}
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48 where ~~key~~ is the key for the message to retrieve. Parameters can also be passed as is shown in the second syntax above.

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