ABSTRACT INTERNATIONALIZATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS

• US 20110314081A1
• Filed: 06/16/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Niddapu, Veerendra Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 9,684,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for abstract internationalization of web applications may be provided. In this method, a first set of object files may be generated according to a locale of a plurality of locales and one or more properties files. Each properties file may be associated with a web application of a plurality of web applications. A localization module operable to facilitate abstract internationalization of a web application may be stored. A request to use the web application may be received from a client. The request may indicate a locale of the client. A second set of one or more object files may be selected according to the web application and the locale of the client. A response comprising markup language that describes the web application, the second set of object files, and the localization module may be generated and transmitted to a client.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing, by a server, a first set of one or more object files, each object file generated according to a locale of a plurality of locales, each object file generated according to one or more properties files, each properties file associated with a web application of a plurality of web applications;

storing, by a server, a localization module operable to facilitate abstract internationalization of a web application;

receiving, from a client, a request to use the web application, the request indicating a locale of the client;

selecting a second set of one or more object files from the first set of object files, the second set selected according to the web application and the locale of the client;

generating a response comprising markup language that describes the web application, the second set of object files, and the localization module; and

transmitting the response to a client.

2. The method of claim 1, the localization module further operable to:

replace a plurality of locale-independent keys of the second set of object files with a plurality of values that correspond to the locale of the client.

3. The method of claim 1, the localization module further operable to:

format one or more of a message, a number, a date, and a time.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a third set of one or more object files, each object file generated according to a locale, each object file comprising common localization information of a plurality of web applications.

5. The method of claim 1, the localization module further operable to facilitate static localization of the web application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating at least one additional object file according to at least one properties file to allow localization of the web application according to an additional locale.

7. The method of claim 1, the web application developed using a version of the GOOGLE WEB TOOLKIT (GWT).

8. The method of claim 1, the localization module further comprising:

a class that overrides a GWT class to enable abstract internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message; and

an implementation of a GWT interface to enable dynamic internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a memory operable to;

store a first set of one or more object files, each object file generated, by a server, according to a locale of a plurality of locales, each object file generated according to one or more properties files, each properties file associated with a web application of a plurality of web applications;

store a localization module operable to facilitate abstract internationalization of a web application;

one or more processors operable to;

receive, from a client, a request to use a web application, the request indicating a locale of the client;

select a second set of one or more object files from the first set of object files, the second set selected according to the web application and the locale of the client;

generate a response comprising markup language that describes the web application, the second set of object files, and the localization module; and

transmit the response to the client.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, the localization module further operable to:

replace a plurality of locale-independent keys of the second set of object files with a plurality of values that correspond to the locale of the client.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, the localization module further operable to:

format one or more of a message, a number, a date, and a time.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, the one or more processors further operable to:

generate a third set of one or more object files, each object file generated according to a locale, each object file comprising common localization information of a plurality of web applications.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, the localization module further operable to facilitate static localization of the web application.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, the one or more processors further operable to:

generate at least one additional object file according to at least one properties file to allow localization of the web application according to an additional locale.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, the web application developed using a version of the GWT.

16. The system of claim 9, the localization module further comprising:

a class that overrides a GWT class to enable abstract internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message; and

an implementation of a GWT interface to enable dynamic internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message.

17. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable code, when executed by one or more processors operable to:

store, by a server, a first set of one or more object files, each object file generated according to a locale of a plurality of locales, each object file generated according to one or more properties files, each properties file associated with a web application of a plurality of web applications;

store, by a server, a localization module operable to facilitate abstract internationalization of a web application;

receive, from a client, a request to use a web application, the request indicating a locale of the client;

select a second set of one or more object files from the first set of object files, the second set selected according to the web application and the locale of the client;

generate a response comprising markup language that describes the web application, the second set of object files, and the localization module; and

transmit the response to the client.

18. The medium of claim 17, the localization module further operable to:

replace a plurality of locale-independent keys of the second set of object files with a plurality of values that correspond to the locale of the client.

19. The medium of claim 17, the localization module further operable to:

format one or more of a message, a number, a date, and a time.

20. The medium of claim 17, the medium further operable to:

generate a third set of one or more object files, each object file generated according to a locale, each object file comprising common localization information of a plurality of web applications.

21. The medium of claim 17, the localization module further operable to facilitate static localization of the web application.

22. The medium of claim 17, the medium further operable to:

generate at least one additional object file according to at least one properties file to allow localization of the web application according to an additional locale.

23. The medium of claim 17, the web application developed using a version of the GWT.

24. The medium of claim 17, the localization module further comprising:

a class that overrides a GWT class to enable abstract internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message; and

an implementation of a GWT interface to enable dynamic internationalization of a format of one or more of a date, a time, a number, a constant, a label, and a message.