A Quick Example

After Internationalization

The source code for the internationalized program is listed below. Notice that the text of the messages is not hardcoded.

import java.util.*;

public class I18NSample {

   static public void main(String[] args) {

      if (args.length != 2) {
          System.out.println("Please specify language and country codes.");
          System.out.println("For example: java I18NSample fr FR");
          System.exit(-1);
       }

      Locale currentLocale;
      ResourceBundle messages;
      String language = new String(args[0]);
      String country = new String(args[1]);

      currentLocale = new Locale(language, country);

      messages =
        ResourceBundle.getBundle("MessagesBundle",currentLocale);

      System.out.println(messages.getString("greetings"));
      System.out.println(messages.getString("inquiry"));
      System.out.println(messages.getString("farewell"));
   }
}

A Quick Example