[cal10n-user] Undeclared locales?

[Ceki Gulcu]

I forgot to mention that CAL10N's main feature, verification of keys used in 
java classes, is performed by the Java compiler and remains totally independent 
of any @LocaleData declarations.

Ceki Gulcu wrote:
> 
> Simon Brandhof asks:
> 
> Is it possible to discover bundles at runtime in cal10n ? I can't
> list all the available locales of LocaleData at compile time. Thanks
> 
> Answer:
> 
> Yes, as long as you don't expect automatic verification, @LocaleData
> information is entirely optional. The default implementation of
> IMessageConveyor, namely MessageConveyor, will discover bundles for
> any locale. For example, here is a mininal enum:
> 
> @BaseName("minimal")
> public enum Minimal {
>   A;
> }
> 
> 
> Assuming the file "minimal_de.properties" exists on your class path,
> and contains:
> 
> A=etwas auf deutch
> 
> the following code will return work:
> 
>  MessageConveyor mc = new MessageConveyor(Locale.GERMAN);
>  assertEquals("etwas auf deutch", mc.getMessage(Minimal.A));
> 
> However, the encoding for minimal_de.properties will be assumed to be
> the system's default encoding.
> 
> You can also have a mixed approach, where you specify some encodings
> and not others.
> 
> @BaseName("minimal")
> @LocaleData(
>   defaultCharset="UTF8",
>   value = { @Locale("en_UK"), @Locale("fr_FR") } )
> public enum Minimal {
>   A;
> }
> 
> In the above example, tooling which comes with CAL10N will verify the
> consistency for en_UK and fr_FR. The default encoding will be "UTF8"
> for all bundles, including the bundle "minimal_de.properties" for
> German (which remains undeclared).
> 
> You could also mix default encoding, bundle specific encoding and
> undeclared bundles. For example,
> 
> @BaseName("minimal")
> @LocaleData(
>   defaultCharset="UTF8",
>   value = { @Locale("en_UK"), @Locale("fr_FR"), @Locale(value="tr_TR", 
> charset="ISO8859_3") }
>    )
> public enum Minimal {
>   A;
> }
> 
> In the above example, tooling which comes with CAL10N will verify the
> consistency for en_UK, fr_FR and tr_TR. The default encoding will be
> "UTF8" for all bundles, including the bundle "minimal_de.properties"
> for German (which remains undeclared) but excluding
> "minimal_tr_TR.properties" (Turkish) which will be encoded in
> ISO8859_3 (Turkish).
> 
> HTH,
> 

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