[pyicu-dev] load custom resource package

[whit sheldon]

I am new to this list and while a -dev list seemed like it might not be the
place for this question, I could not find a more appropriate list.  If this
is not appropriate here, please point me in the right direction.  Thanks in
advance for any help.

I am trying to open a custom resource package with PyICU.  I have built
PyICU against ICU 4.0 with no errors.  I have been able to successfully use
some of the example code to access default ICU locale information and
convert dates and times, etc.  I am now trying to access localized strings
from a custom ICU package ( *.dat file) that I built using icu tools.  I
know the dat file is correct because I can access it just fine using ICU
directly from C++ code.

In C++ I would use the package something like below:

    typedef std::basic_string<UChar> UString;

    u_setDataDirectory("path_to_data_directory");
    UResourceBundle * m_languageResources = ures_open( "name_of_package",
"es_MX", &err );
    UString resString = ures_getStringByKey( m_languageResources,
"key_to_localixed_string", &len, &err);

I can see that not all of the ResourceBundle functions have been provided in
the wrappers, but it appears that I should be able to load the
ResourceBundle.  The wrapper code (see excerpt below from locale.cpp)
appears to support the loading of a custom resource bundle that specifies a
package but as yet I haven't figured out how get a valid ResourceBundle.

excerpt from t_resourcebundle_init:   (I think this what I need where *u is
the package name(?))


        if (!parseArgs(args, "SP", TYPE_CLASSID(Locale),
                       &u, &_u, &locale))
        {
            INT_STATUS_CALL(bundle = new ResourceBundle(*u, *locale, status));
            self->object = bundle;
            self->flags = T_OWNED;
            break;
        }

If any one could provide some pointers I would appreciate it.  I am
currently trying to figure out how to add to the current code to include a
wrapper for ures_open().  Any help there would also be apreciated. :)
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