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A Quick Example

If you're new to internationalizing software, this lesson is for you. Using a simple example, we'll show you how to internationalize a program so that it displays text messages in the appropriate language. In this lesson you'll learn how Locale and ResourceBundle objects work together, and how to use properties files.

Before Internationalization

In the first version of the source code, we hardcoded English versions of the messages we want to display. This is NOT how you write internationalized software.

After Internationalization

This is a sneak preview of what our source code will look like after internationalization.

Running the Sample Program

To run the sample program, you specify the language and country on the command line. This section shows you a few examples.

How We Internationalized the Sample Program

Internationalizing the program required just a few steps. You'll be surprised at how easy it was.


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