Server-side internationalization framework for web applications

A system for facilitating server-side internationalization of a web application, the system comprising:

• a server having a processor and a volatile memory;
• a client device having a browser for accessing the server over a network;
• an application framework executable in the server, coupled to at least one application by an application programming interface and arranged to access the volatile memory, wherein, when executed, the application framework performs the operations of:
• receiving, at a server, a web-protocol request from a client device;
• triggering a server-side operation in response to the request;
• identifying, based on a result of the operation, first text information to be returned to the client device;
• determining a language associated with the client device;
• determining whether a resource file corresponding to the determined language is loaded in a volatile memory on the server;
• loading a resource file corresponding to the determined language, from a non-volatile memory into the volatile memory, in a case where the resource file corresponding to the determined language is not loaded in the volatile memory;
• retrieving, from the resource file in the volatile memory, second text information which corresponds to the first text information to be returned to the client device;
• and
• transmitting the second text information to the client device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, at a server, a web-protocol request from a client device;
• triggering a server-side operation in response to the request;
• identifying, based on a result of the operation, first text information to be returned to the client device;
• determining a language associated with the client device;
• determining whether a resource file corresponding to the determined language is loaded in a volatile memory on the server;
• loading a resource file corresponding to the determined language, from a non-volatile memory into the volatile memory, in a case where the resource file corresponding to the determined language is not loaded in the volatile memory;
• r retrieving, from the resource file in the volatile memory, second text information which corresponds to the first text information to be returned to the client device;
• and
• transmitting the second text information to the client device.