import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Intl extends Applet
{
Label theLbl = new Label();
Font font = new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,24);
// test function
private static void dbg(Locale l)
{
Locale.setDefault(l);
System.out.println(Locale.getDefault().toString() + "=" +
l.getDisplayLanguage() + "/" + l.getDisplayCountry());
ResourceBundle rez = ResourceBundle.getBundle("IntlRes");
System.out.println(rez.getString("msg1"));
System.out.println(rez.getString("msg2"));
}
// test main -- calls test function for a few countries
public static void main(String[] args)
{
dbg(Locale.FRANCE);
dbg(Locale.US);
dbg(Locale.UK);
dbg(Locale.CANADA); // nothing specific -- gets default
}
public void init()
{
ResourceBundle rez = ResourceBundle.getBundle("IntlRes");
theLbl.setFont(font);
theLbl.setText(rez.getString("msg1"));
add(theLbl);
}
}
Java@Work | Parlez-Vous Java? (Web Techniques, Sep 2000)
Nothing has made the world smaller than the Web. Today more than ever, you're likely to develop programs that will serve people in countries around the world. However, Esperanto notwithstanding, there's no international language, and some percentage of your users won't be native English speakers. In fact, many may not speak or read English at all. To make sure these visitors can use your programs with ease, you need to take internationalization issues into account.Related Reading
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