Generating localized text

 

Before you begin

Create a formatter instance and set the localization values as needed.

 

Procedure

1. If needed, customize the formatting behavior.

2. In application code, call the appropriate format method.

 

Example

We can provide fallback behavior for use if the appropriate message catalog is not available at formatting time.

The following code generates a localized string. If the formatting fails, the application retrieves and uses a fallback string instead of the localized string

import com.ibm.websphere.i18n.localizabletext.LocalizableException;
import com.ibm.websphere.i18n.localizabletext.LocalizableTextFormatter;
import java.util.Locale;

public void drawAccountNumberGUI(String accountType){
   ...
   LocalizableTextFormatter ltf = new LocalizableTextFormatter();
   ...
   ltf.setFallBackString("Enter account number: ");
   try {
      msg = new Label(ltf.format(this.applicationLocale), Label.CENTER);
   }
   catch (LocalizableException le) {
      msg = new Label(ltf.getFallBackString(), Label.CENTER);
   }
   ...
}

 

What to do next

When the application is finished, deploy your application. For more information, see Preparing the localizable-text package for deployment.

 

See also

Customizing the behavior of a formatting method

 

Related Tasks

Composing language-specific strings

 

See Also

LocalizableTextFormatter class

 

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