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<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../rzahg/ic.css">
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<title>Create message catalogs</title>
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<BODY>
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<!-- Java sync-link -->
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../../../rzahg/synch.js" TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT>
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<h5><A NAME="intercrtmsg"></A>Create message catalogs</h5>
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<p>You can create a catalog several ways:
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<ul>
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<li>As a subclass of java.util.ResourceBundle</li>
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<li>As a Java properties file</li>
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</ul>
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The properties file approach is more common, because properties files can be prepared by people without programming experience and can be added into the application without modifying the application code.</p>
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<p>Perform the following steps to create message catalogs:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p>For each string identified for localization, add a line to the
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message catalog that lists the string's key and value in the current language.</p>
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<p>In a properties file, each line has the following structure:
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<pre><em>key</em> = <em>string associated with the key</em></pre>
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</p></li>
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<li><p>Save the catalog, and give it a locale-specific name.</p>
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<p>To enable resolution to a specific properties file, the Java API specifies
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naming conventions for the properties files in a resource bundle as <em>bundleName_localeID</em>.properties. Give the set of message catalogs a collective name (for example, <tt>BankingResources</tt>).</p>
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<p>For information about locale IDs that are recognized by the Java API, see
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<a href="interres.htm">Internationalization resources</a>.</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p><strong>Example: Message catalogs</strong></p>
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<p>The following English catalog (BankingResources_en.properties)
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supports the labels for the list and two list items:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre>accountString = Accounts
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savingsString = Savings
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checkingString = Checking</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>The corresponding German catalog (BankingResources_de.properties)
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supports the labels as follows:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre>accountString = Konten
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savingsString = Sparkonto
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checkingString = Girokonto</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Next step: </strong><a href="intercode.htm">Assemble your application code</a>.</p>
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</body>
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