原文地址：http://www.cnblogs.com/huyq2002/archive/2012/01/19/2326177.html
上篇文章我们就Asp.net MVC权限问题做了一个较为全面的解决方案，这篇我们就多语言问题进行探讨。
全球化
在IT行业，具有全球化和本地化特性的计算机软件，可以适应不同的语言，地区差异和目标市场的业务要求。
如果一个网站的目标来自 世界不同地区的的用户，这些用户可能会希望看到自己的语言的网站内容。
达到全球化，我们的应用程序，将满足以下要求：
(1)它可以用不同的语言显示信息内容。
(2)自动检测用户的浏览器的语言。
(3)允许用户方便的更改系统的默认语言，并且系统记住客户的选择。
Culture和UICulture
在传统的.net程序中，全球化主要依靠Culture和UICulture两个概念。
Culture 决定了日期，数字和货币格式,UICulture决定了ResourceManager加载那种语言的资源文件。
.NET中的每一个线程都有CurrentCulture和的CurrentUICulture对象,他们控制了当前线程的语言问题。
Asp.net MVC遵循相同的概念，以应付全球化的要求。
Culture标识
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BaseController
在我们的示例应用程序中，我们构造一个MVC Controller 的基类BaseController，它将设置执行线程的CurrentCulture和的CurrentUICulture。
该BaseController将检查客户端的cookie首选Culture标识，如果不存在，将读取的浏览器中首选语言设置。(满足需求2,3)
[HandleError]
public class BaseController:Controller
{
protected override void ExecuteCore()
{
string cultureName = null;
// Attempt to read the culture cookie from Request
HttpCookie cultureCookie = Request.Cookies["_culture"];
if (cultureCookie != null)
cultureName = cultureCookie.Value;
else
// obtain it from HTTP header AcceptLanguages
cultureName = Request.UserLanguages[0];
// Validate culture name
//cultureName = CultureHelper.GetImplementedCulture(cultureName);
CultureHelper.SetCulture(cultureName);
base.ExecuteCore();
}
protected override void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
{
base.OnException(filterContext);
}
}
CultureHelper
CultureHelper类封装了关于文化设置的基本功能，例如设置当前线程的Culture和UICulture对象等等
public static class CultureHelper
{
// Valid cultures
private static readonly IList<string> _validCultures = new List<string> { "af", "af-ZA", "sq", "sq-AL", "gsw-FR", "am-ET", "ar", "ar-DZ", "ar-BH", "ar-EG", "ar-IQ", "ar-JO", "ar-KW", "ar-LB", "ar-LY", "ar-MA", "ar-OM", "ar-QA", "ar-SA", "ar-SY", "ar-TN", "ar-AE", "ar-YE", "hy", "hy-AM", "as-IN", "az", "az-Cyrl-AZ", "az-Latn-AZ", "ba-RU", "eu", "eu-ES", "be", "be-BY", "bn-BD", "bn-IN", "bs-Cyrl-BA", "bs-Latn-BA", "br-FR", "bg", "bg-BG", "ca", "ca-ES", "zh-HK", "zh-MO", "zh-CN", "zh-Hans", "zh-SG", "zh-TW", "zh-Hant", "co-FR", "hr", "hr-HR", "hr-BA", "cs", "cs-CZ", "da", "da-DK", "prs-AF", "div", "div-MV", "nl", "nl-BE", "nl-NL", "en", "en-AU", "en-BZ", "en-CA", "en-029", "en-IN", "en-IE", "en-JM", "en-MY", "en-NZ", "en-PH", "en-SG", "en-ZA", "en-TT", "en-GB", "en-US", "en-ZW", "et", "et-EE", "fo", "fo-FO", "fil-PH", "fi", "fi-FI", "fr", "fr-BE", "fr-CA", "fr-FR", "fr-LU", "fr-MC", "fr-CH", "fy-NL", "gl", "gl-ES", "ka", "ka-GE", "de", "de-AT", "de-DE", "de-LI", "de-LU", "de-CH", "el", "el-GR", "kl-GL", "gu", "gu-IN", "ha-Latn-NG", "he", "he-IL", "hi", "hi-IN", "hu", "hu-HU", "is", "is-IS", "ig-NG", "id", "id-ID", "iu-Latn-CA", "iu-Cans-CA", "ga-IE", "xh-ZA", "zu-ZA", "it", "it-IT", "it-CH", "ja", "ja-JP", "kn", "kn-IN", "kk", "kk-KZ", "km-KH", "qut-GT", "rw-RW", "sw", "sw-KE", "kok", "kok-IN", "ko", "ko-KR", "ky", "ky-KG", "lo-LA", "lv", "lv-LV", "lt", "lt-LT", "wee-DE", "lb-LU", "mk", "mk-MK", "ms", "ms-BN", "ms-MY", "ml-IN", "mt-MT", "mi-NZ", "arn-CL", "mr", "mr-IN", "moh-CA", "mn", "mn-MN", "mn-Mong-CN", "ne-NP", "no", "nb-NO", "nn-NO", "oc-FR", "or-IN", "ps-AF", "fa", "fa-IR", "pl", "pl-PL", "pt", "pt-BR", "pt-PT", "pa", "pa-IN", "quz-BO", "quz-EC", "quz-PE", "ro", "ro-RO", "rm-CH", "ru", "ru-RU", "smn-FI", "smj-NO", "smj-SE", "se-FI", "se-NO", "se-SE", "sms-FI", "sma-NO", "sma-SE", "sa", "sa-IN", "sr", "sr-Cyrl-BA", "sr-Cyrl-SP", "sr-Latn-BA", "sr-Latn-SP", "nso-ZA", "tn-ZA", "si-LK", "sk", "sk-SK", "sl", "sl-SI", "es", "es-AR", "es-BO", "es-CL", "es-CO", "es-CR", "es-DO", "es-EC", "es-SV", "es-GT", "es-HN", "es-MX", "es-NI", "es-PA", "es-PY", "es-PE", "es-PR", "es-ES", "es-US", "es-UY", "es-VE", "sv", "sv-FI", "sv-SE", "syr", "syr-SY", "tg-Cyrl-TJ", "tzm-Latn-DZ", "ta", "ta-IN", "tt", "tt-RU", "te", "te-IN", "th", "th-TH", "bo-CN", "tr", "tr-TR", "tk-TM", "ug-CN", "uk", "uk-UA", "wen-DE", "ur", "ur-PK", "uz", "uz-Cyrl-UZ", "uz-Latn-UZ", "vi", "vi-VN", "cy-GB", "wo-SN", "sah-RU", "ii-CN", "yo-NG" };
// Include ONLY cultures you are implementing
private static readonly IList<string> _cultures = new List<string> {
"en-US", // first culture is the DEFAULT
"zh-CN"
};
/// <summary>
/// Returns a valid culture name based on "name" parameter. If "name" is not valid, it returns the default culture "en-US"
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">Culture's name (e.g. en-US)</param>
public static string GetImplementedCulture(string name)
{
// make sure it's not null
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
return GetDefaultCulture(); // return Default culture
// make sure it is a valid culture first
if (_validCultures.Where(c => c.Equals(name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).Count() == 0)
return GetDefaultCulture(); // return Default culture if it is invalid
// if it is implemented, accept it
if (_cultures.Where(c => c.Equals(name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).Count() > 0)
return name; // accept it
// Find a close match. For example, if you have "en-US" defined and the user requests "en-GB",
// the function will return closes match that is "en-US" because at least the language is the same (ie English)
var n = GetNeutralCulture(name);
foreach (var c in _cultures)
if (c.StartsWith(n))
return c;
// else
// It is not implemented
return GetDefaultCulture(); // return Default culture as no match found
}
/// <summary>
/// set current culture based on input name
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">Culture's name (e.g. en-US)</param>
public static void SetCulture(string name)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) return;
// Modify current thread's cultures
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(name);
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns default culture name which is the first name decalared (e.g. en-US)
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetDefaultCulture()
{
return _cultures[0]; // return Default culture
}
public static string GetCurrentCulture()
{
return Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name;
}
public static string GetCurrentNeutralCulture()
{
return GetNeutralCulture(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);
}
public static string GetNeutralCulture(string name)
{
if (name.Length < 2)
return name;
return name.Substring(0, 2); // Read first two chars only. E.g. "en", "es"
}
}
使用资源文件
构造多语言的系统的核心就是所有页面和类里面的literal不能硬编码，而是要把他们放到资源文件中，并且针对不同的文化名称( en-GB)构造不同的资源文件,各个资源文件具有相同名称的条目，但是条目的具体信息随语言不同而不同，例如
UI.Resources.resx (无文化设置)中有一条设置为
Name Value
About_AboutLabel About
对应的适应于中文的UI.Resources.zh-CN.resx （命名规范为 XXX.文化名称.resx)
Name Value
About_AboutLabel 关于
在页面中应该使用资源文件
<span class="supportingFunctions">
@Html.ActionLink(UI_Resources.About_HelpLabel, "Help", "Home")
@Html.ActionLink(UI_Resources.Tab_About, "About", "Home")
</span>
让浏览器记住客户的选择
如何让浏览器记住客户的选择？
答案很简单，在主页面(其实是模板页,对应Razor的_layout.cshmtl)上面增加需要的文化的Link,当客户点击这些link的时候,将客户的选择的文化符合保存到Cookie,然后重新导入该页面，那样我们的BaseController就可以正确的加载对应的文化和资源了。
<span class="language">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="en-GB">@UI_Resources.Lan_English</a>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="zh-CN">@UI_Resources.Lan_Chinese</a>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ja-JP">@UI_Resources.Lan_Japanese</a>
</span>
<script type="text/javascript">
function setCookie(c_name, value, exdays) {
var exdate = new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + exdate.toUTCString());
document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value;
}
$(".language a").click(function () {
setCookie("_culture", $(this).attr("class"), 365);
window.location.reload();
});
</script>
这样设计的语言解决方案有以下特点
1)程序有很好的性能，无需在数据库里面存储所有的页面的控件翻译信息
2)资源文件集中了所有的多语言的信息，不同的语言使用不同的文件，便于维护
3)该设计只针对于系统界面的语言问题，业务数据的语言还是得需要存储于数据库正确的语言信息 (NVARCHAR, NTEXT..)
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