Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for automatic internationalization of grammatical output
View Patent ↗Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided for automatically internationalizing grammatical output for presentation to a user of a program based on the user's locale. In particular, AST transformations are described that cause a compiler to generate a programming method during compilation of a portion of source code containing a predefined token, where the programming method is incorporated (by the compiler) into a file produced by the compiler and serves to call an instance of a message bundle file that provides translation of grammatical output without requiring the programmer/developer to manually incorporate individual message bundles into each portion of source code to be internationalized.
1. An apparatus for automatically internationalizing grammatical output for presentation to a user of a program based on the user's locale, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
modify an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) in response to compilation by a compiler of a predefined AST transformation;
compile a portion of source code, wherein the portion of source code is configured for generating grammatical output to the user of a program following compilation of the predefined AST transformation, wherein the portion of source code comprises a predefined token;
reference a modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code in response to compiling the predefined token;
generate a programming method in response to referencing the modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code;
incorporate the programming method into a file produced by the compiler,
wherein the programming method is configured to call an instance of a message bundle file, and
wherein the message bundle file is configured to define an entry key value in a natural language, wherein the natural language is based on a locale of the user.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to compile a second portion of source code for generating a grammatical output to a user of a different program following the compilation of the predefined AST transformation.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further modify the AST in response to compilation by the compiler of a second predefined AST transformation.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the AST transformation is written using Groovy programming language.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the file into which the programming method is incorporated is a class file.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the compiler is a compiler for Groovy programming language.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message bundle file is configured to define an entry key value in any one of at least three natural languages comprising at least one of English, French, or Spanish.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the entry key value is presented to the user as part of a user interface of a healthcare application.
9. A method for automatically internationalizing grammatical output for presentation to a user of a program based on the user's locale, the method comprising:
modifying an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) in response to compilation by a compiler of a predefined AST transformation;
compiling a portion of source code, wherein the portion of source code is configured for generating grammatical output to the user of a program following compilation of the predefined AST transformation, wherein the portion of source code comprises a predefined token;
referencing a modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code in response to compiling the predefined token;
generating a programming method in response to referencing the modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code;
incorporating the programming method into a file produced by the compiler,
wherein the programming method is configured to call an instance of a message bundle file, and
wherein the message bundle file is configured to define an entry key value in a natural language, wherein the natural language is based on a locale of the user.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising compiling a second portion of source code for generating a grammatical output to a user of a different program following the compilation of the predefined AST transformation.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising further modifying the AST in response to compilation by the compiler of a second predefined AST transformation.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the AST transformation is written using Groovy programming language.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the file into which the programming method is incorporated is a class file.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the entry key value is presented to the user as part of a user interface of a healthcare application.
15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions for:
modifying an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) in response to compilation by a compiler of a predefined AST transformation;
compiling a portion of source code, wherein the portion of source code is configured for generating grammatical output to a user of a program following compilation of the predefined AST transformation, wherein the portion of source code comprises a predefined token;
referencing a modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code in response to compiling the predefined token;
generating a programming method in response to referencing the modified node of the AST during compilation of the portion of source code;
incorporating the programming method into a file produced by the compiler,
wherein the programming method is configured to call an instance of a message bundle file, and
wherein the message bundle file is configured to define an entry key value in a natural language, wherein the natural language is based on a locale of the user.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising program code portions for compiling a second portion of source code for generating a grammatical output to a user of a different program following the compilation of the predefined AST transformation.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising program code portions for further modifying the AST in response to compilation by the compiler of a second predefined AST transformation.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the AST transformation is written using Groovy programming language.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the file into which the programming method is incorporated is a class file.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the entry key value is presented to the user as part of a user interface of a healthcare application.