Internationalization: Table of Contents

Global Markets

Internationalization

Localization

Culturally Dependent Data

A Quick Example

Before Internationalization

After Internationalization

Running the Sample Program

How We Internationalized the Sample Program

Creating the Properties Files

Defining the Locale

Creating the ResourceBundle

Fetching the Text from the ResourceBundle

Setting the Locale

Creating a Locale

Identifying Available Locales

The Default Locale

The Scope of a Locale

Isolating Locale-specific Objects in a ResourceBundle

About the ResourceBundle Class

Preparing to Use a ResourceBundle

Backing a ResourceBundle with Properties Files

Using a ListResourceBundle

Number and Currency Formatting

Using Predefined Formats

Formatting with Patterns

Date and Time Formatting

Using Predefined Formats

Formatting with Patterns

Changing Date Format Symbols

Message Formatting

Dealing with Concatenated Messages

Handling Plurals

Working with Exceptions

Handling Hardcoded Exception Messages

Creating Locale-independent Exception Subclasses

Comparing Strings

Performing Locale-independent Comparisons

Customizing Collation Rules

Improving Collation Performance

Detecting Text Boundaries

About the BreakIterator Class

Character Boundaries

Word Boundaries

Sentence Boundaries

Line Boundaries

Converting Non-Unicode Text

Byte Encodings and Strings

Character and Byte Streams

A Checklist for Internationalizing an Existing Program