Yes! This could probably be used for theming too, right?
Keith Donald wrote:
> I’ve recently committed a package to the sandbox providing support for
> internationalized labels / reference data, similar to what Gavin
> discussed in this TSS article here:
>
> http://www.theserverside.com/blogs/showblog.tss?id=HibernateInternational
>
> The code provides support for labels coded by string, character, or
> integer, and employs a Resolver interface for retrieving
> internationalized label instances by type, locale, and/or code. There
> is also basic Hibernate support (e.g custom user types.)
>
> I actually had the support checked in quite before this article was
> written, but upon stumbling across it today it seemed worth mentioning
> to see if there is enough general interest to make something like this
> part of the core (in general, it’s a relatively few number of
> classes.) I currently use it within rich client to drive the display
> of combo box drop downs (e.g values in a combo box can be real objects
> with behavior and internationalized labels.)
>
> Currently the code is in the sandbox under the package:
> org.springframework.enums ‘enums’ might not be the best name, but in a
> sense that’s what these little objects are. “label” or “referencedata”
> might be candidates for a better package name, perhaps under “ui”
> instead of as top level package.
>
> Keith
>
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