i18n

01/11/07
Internationlization i18n in progress

1. State 3 aspects as to why an application may need to be varied or customized in different deployment locales.
2. Match the functionality, description or purpose of the following(7): Properties,Locale,ResourceBundle, Unicode, Java.text package ,InputStreamReader and OutputStreamReader.

i18n refers to creating a program that doesnt have information hardcoded into it.
Localization describes the process of configuring an internationalized(i18n) program to a particular region or culture.

Whats to be internationalized.

• Languages used for messages.
• Parameter substitution order in message.
• Languages used in parameter in messages.
• Numeric/Currency/Date formats.
• Colors/Symbols

These notes are from SCEA guide by Mark Cade. My review of this book.