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Internationalization and Localization in Java
Internationalization is also abbreviated as I18N because there are total 18 characters between the first letter 'I' and the last letter 'N'.
Internationalization is a mechanism to create such an application that can be adapted to different languages and regions.
Internationalization is one of the powerful concept of java if you are developing an application and want to display messages, currencies, date, time etc. according to the specific region or language.
Localization is also abbreviated as I10N because there are total 10 characters between the first letter 'L' and last letter 'N'. Localization is the mechanism to create such an application that can be adapted to a specific language and region by adding locale-specific text and component.
Understanding the culturally dependent data before starting internationalization
Before starting the internationalization, Let's first understand what are the informations that differ from one region to another. There is the list of culturally dependent data:
- Messages
- Dates
- Times
- Numbers
- Currencies
- Measurements
- Phone Numbers
- Postal Addresses
- Labels on GUI components etc.
Importance of Locale class in Internationalization
An object of Locale class represents a geographical or cultural region. This object can be used to get the locale specific information such as country name, language, variant etc.
Fields of Locale class
There are fields of Locale class:
- public static final Locale ENGLISH
- public static final Locale FRENCH
- public static final Locale GERMAN
- public static final Locale ITALIAN
- public static final Locale JAPANESE
- public static final Locale KOREAN
- public static final Locale CHINESE
- public static final Locale SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE
- public static final Locale TRADITIONAL_CHINESE
- public static final Locale FRANCE
- public static final Locale GERMANY
- public static final Locale ITALY
- public static final Locale JAPAN
- public static final Locale KOREA
