app/django/middleware/locale.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:27:07 +0000
changeset 349 bb82a1a3339c
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
A quick-and-dirty way to create non-link sub-menu dividers, plus a TODO on how this should be formalizes to not be so hacky. This change was inspired by the ever-growing "Site" sidebar menu. Patch by: Todd larsen Review by: to-be-reviewed

"this is the locale selecting middleware that will look at accept headers"

from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers
from django.utils import translation

class LocaleMiddleware(object):
    """
    This is a very simple middleware that parses a request
    and decides what translation object to install in the current
    thread context. This allows pages to be dynamically
    translated to the language the user desires (if the language
    is available, of course).
    """

    def process_request(self, request):
        language = translation.get_language_from_request(request)
        translation.activate(language)
        request.LANGUAGE_CODE = translation.get_language()

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Language',))
        if 'Content-Language' not in response:
            response['Content-Language'] = translation.get_language()
        translation.deactivate()
        return response