Re: [protobuf] Question about internationalization and localization

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Feng Xiao

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Mar 15, 2013, 7:59:00 PM3/15/13

to Joann Kent, Protocol Buffers

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Joann Kent <joj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Within the code generated by GPB (I'm using Java btw) there are exceptions thrown and the messages are hard-coded and in English. Are there any plans to allow for internationalization/localization of these error messages?

Not that I have heard of. I'm curious, do you know any project where exception messages are internationalized?

Thank you,

Joann

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Oliver Jowett

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Mar 16, 2013, 5:24:56 AM3/16/13

to Feng Xiao, Joann Kent, Protocol Buffers

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Feng Xiao <xiao...@google.com> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Joann Kent <joj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Within the code generated by GPB (I'm using Java btw) there are exceptions thrown and the messages are hard-coded and in English. Are there any plans to allow for internationalization/localization of these error messages?

Not that I have heard of. I'm curious, do you know any project where exception messages are internationalized?

The Postgresql JDBC driver does this.

Typical code looks like this:

throw new PSQLException(GT.tr("Returning autogenerated keys is only supported for 8.2 and later servers."), PSQLState.NOT_IMPLEMENTED);

where GT.tr() is a static method that does java.util.ResourceBundle lookup at runtime, and acts as a gettext marker at build time.