Re: RFC - Storing translated values in a PropertyBag

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Martin Baulig wrote:

> Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com> writes:
>
> > > My proposal - PART I:
> > > =====================
> > >
> > > a) getValue ("/bonobo-config-test/test-string") returns the untranslated
> > >    string as CORBA::string. I think this is what it already does.
> >
> > No, currently it returns the string which matches the current locale.
>
> Ok, then let's keep it this way (except that this won't work if the database
> is used by different users).
>
> > > My proposal - PART II:
> > > ======================
> >
> > I think the first proposal is easier for programmers.
>
> Well, but it's required from a technical point of view.
>
> In the getValue() etc. implementation of your moniker, it must be allowed to
> treat anything which is of type CORBA_tk_struct or CORBA_tk_sequence like an
> ordinary CORBA struct/sequence - without providing any special support for
> Bonobo::Config::LocalizedString(List).
>
> This implies that any existing moniker will continue to work if we implement
> my proposal.

You mean  your "proposal - PART II"?

- Dietmar