Localization

Localization

The HIVE-Web user interface can be translated into any language. Four basic steps are required:

• Translate the HTML files
• Translate the HIVEMessages.properties
• Run the HIVEMessages-i18n script
• Re-buile HIVE-Web (ant deploywar)

Translating the HTML files

The Home, Concept Browser, and Indexer HTML pages can be translated by simply copying the English HTML files (e.g., home.html) to filename_locale.html (e.g., home_es.html). Each file should also contain a <meta> tag specifying the default page locale for GWT.

<meta name="gwt:property" content="locale=es">

GWT

The HIVE-Web application also supports GWT localization using static string internationalization.

The file src/org/unc/hive/client/HIVEMessages.properties contains the HIVE-Web GWT strings in English. To create a new translation, copy this file to HIVEMessages_locale.properties.

Each time a new HIVEMessages.properties is added or edited, you need to run the HIVEMessage-i18n script. This generates the src/org/unc/hive/client/HIVEMessages.java.

To use the HIVEMessages class:

private HIVEMessages messages = (HIVEMessages)GWT.create(HIVEMessages.class);
System.out.println(messages.your_message());