reinhardt i18n strawman

reinhardt-i18n.js

var {Application} = require('stick');
var {Reinhardt} = require('reinhardt');
var ResBundle = require("ilib/lib/ResBundle");

// Resources is the interface that reinhardt requires
var Resources = function(locale) {
   this.rb = new ResBundle({
       locale: locale,
       type: "html",
       loadParams: {
         base: module.resolve("path/to/resources")
       }
   });
};

Resources.prototype.translate = function(source, key) {
  return this.rb.getStringJS(source, key);
};

// from config file or command-line?

var defaultLocale = howeverYouGetThis();

var resourceCache = module.singleton('ResCache', function() { return {} });

var env = new Reinhardt({
   i18n: {
     resBundleFactory: function(request) {
         var locale = request.session.locale || defaultLocale;
         if (!resourceCache[locale]) {
            resourceCache[locale] = new Resources(locale);
         }
   // resources are immutable, so we don't have to worry about sharing them amongst sessions and threads
        return resourceCache[locale];
     },
     locale: defaultLocale
   }
});

var app = exports.app = new Application();
app.configure('session', 'params', 'locale', 'route');

app.get("/", function(request) {
  // good thing is users do not need any changes to most of their code like this!
  // The foo.html template will just come out in the right locale
  return env.renderPage("foo.html", context);
});