Display Names using the Resource Bundle (Localising the Labels).
Define resource bundle using following attribute.<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="resourceBundleName"/>
ex: <attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
Localising the values can be applied at
- Item-descriptor
- Property
- display-name ( to display-name-resource)
- description ( to description-resource)
- category ( to category-resource)
<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
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</item-descriptor>
Property
<property name="firstName" column-name="first_name" display-name-resource="firstName" data-type="string"/>
<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
</property>
And Resource file would contain following content.
author=Author
firstName=First Name
Grouping Properties and Sorting them in groups.
Properties under each Item-descriptor can be grouped together using "category" attribute at property level.Category attribute can be localised using resource bundle.<table name="BOOK_MASTER" type="primary" id-column-name="book_id">
<property name="id" column-name="book_id"/>
<property name="name" column-name="name" display-name="name" data-type="string" category="basics"/>
<property name="description" column-name="description" display-name="description" data-type="big string" category="basics"/>
<property name="price" column-name="price" display-name="price" data-type="double" category="additionalInfo"/>
<property name="pages" column-name="pages" display-name="pages" data-type="int" category="additionalInfo"/>
<property name="available" column-name="available" display-name="available" data-type="boolean" category="additionalInfo"/>
</table>
In the above example, properties "name" and "description" are grouped under "Basics" category, and properties "price" , "pages" and "available" are under "AdditionalInfo" category.
Adding resource Bundle to category.
<property name="name" column-name="name" display-name="name" data-type="string" category-resource="basics">
<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
</property>
And Resource file contains the value for basics.
To sort the properties under category, use the attribute "propertySortPriority" with value. Depending on the value(-ve to +ve), properties will be sorted. If not provided, will be sorted alphabetically.
<property name="name" column-name="name" display-name="name" data-type="string" category-resource="basics">
<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
<attribute name="propertySortPriority" value="0"/></property>
<property name="description" column-name="description" display-name="description" data-type="big string" category-resource="basics">
<attribute name="resourceBundle" value="my.Resource"/>
<attribute name="propertySortPriority" value="1"/>
</property>In above example, property "name" would appear above property "description".
