[Opensource] [Volunteer Call] Review Commons-Resources

[Michael Rimov]

Hey Folks!

Craig McClanahan has asked me if the Expresso community could review the 
Commons-Resources package.  Struts itself [and thus, indirectly Expresso] 
will eventually be based off of it.

What is it?  An I18N package for dealing with different properties 
files.  Check out the sandbox page for the rationale for the creation.

It basically is an API with a few implementations.  Craig says that 
DB-based resources will eventually be added. [or at least a hook]

So!

Since the direction of Struts directly affects the direction of 
Expresso.  Could we get some folks to take a look at:

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/resources/index.html

And report back:

1 - Is there anything API-wise that MUST be changed for our own use?  If 
so, now is the time to give Craig some critical design feedback so he can 
get things changed while resources is still in the sandbox.

2 - Does it have anything worthwhile design wise to adopt directly into 
Expresso?

3 - Is it usable?  ie, can you see how to code it straight away without a 
lot of extraneous code?

Thanks folks in advance!
							-Mike