[loc-en-dev] Norwegian special lookup

[Yoshito Umaoka]

Hi Naoto,

I was thinking about it actually. The reason I did not try to save that 
case was that language code "nn" is never generated from Java's 
supported locale "no_NO_NY". But if we really want to support the 
situation, the rule is going to be a little bit more complicated.

Request: "nn"
Candidates: "nn", "no_NO_NY", "no"

But I guess we do not want to insert "no_NO_NY" when region is not NO. 
For example,

Request: "nn_US"
Candidates: "nn_US", "nn", "no"

More complex case - if no region, but there is a variant.

Request: "nn__JAVA"
Candidates: "nn__JAVA", "nn", "no_NO_NY", "no"

Probably, the rule is, when language is "nn", but no region is 
available, insert "no_NO_NY", then "no" after "nn"? What do you think?

-Yoshito


Naoto Sato wrote:
> I have one comment on the last bullet.
>
> Currently applications have to specify the country code "NO" even for 
> the cases just providing Nynorsk translation regardless of the 
> country. So I think it'd be better to fall back to "no_NO_NY" for "nn" 
> being requested.
>
> Naoto
>
> (7/13/10 9:07 AM), Yoshito Umaoka wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> http://sites.google.com/site/openjdklocale/design-notes/resource-bundle-lookup-order 
>>
>>
>>
>> I put the comprehensive Norwegian lookup order list in the section
>> "Special Case 3: Norwegian Locales".
>>
>> The algorithm used for this is also described after the table.
>>
>> * If request contains language "no", but not matching pattern
>> "no_NO_NY[_*]", create the default candidate list, then insert
>> locale replacing "no" with "nb" at each level after "no" version.
>> * If request contains language "nb", create the default candidate
>> list, then insert locale replacing "nb" with "no" at each level
>> after "nb" version.
>> * If request matches pattern "no_NO_NY[_*]", insert "nn_NO[_*]"
>> before every level. Once it reaches "no_NO_NY", then append "nn",
>> "no_NO" and "no" in this order.
>> * If request matches pattern "nn_NO[_*], insert "no_NO_NY[_*]" after
>> every level. Once it reaches "no_NO_NY", then append "nn", "no_NO"
>> and "no" in this order.
>> * If request contains language "nn", but region is not "NO", append
>> "no" at the end of default candidate list.
>>
>> Please review the list and algorithm by the end of today. If you have
>> any questions, please post your response in this ML.
>>
>> -Yoshito
>
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