Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Develop and deploying applications > Develop Internationalization service > Task overview: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)
Prepare the localizable-text package for deployment
The LocalizableTextEJBDeploy tool is used to create a deployment Java Archive (JAR) file for the localizable text service. We must deploy the enterprise bean in each enterprise application that requires support for localized text. Write code to compose the language-specific strings.
Procedure
- Make sure that the LocalizableTextEJBDeploy tool is included in the class path.
For transitioning users: In versions 6.0.x and earlier, the LocalizableTextEJBDeploy tool used to reside in the file
WAS_HOME/lib/ltext.jar.
It now resides in the file
WAS_HOME/plugins/com.ibm.ws.runtime_1.0.0.jar.trns
- Set up a working directory for the LocalizableTextEJBDeploy tool to use. You need to pass this location to the tool through a command-line interface.
- Run the LocalizableTextEJBDeploy tool. You might be asked to regenerate deployment code for the LocalizableText bean. Do not redeploy the bean; if you do, an incorrect JNDI name will be generated.
To deploy the bean on multiple hosts and servers, run the tool for each host and server combination. This action generates a unique JNDI name for each deployment. After the tool is run, a deployment JAR file is located in the working directory specified.
What to do next
Use an assembly tool, assemble the deployment JAR file in an enterprise application with other application components.
As part of preparing for deployment, perform the following:
- Add the resource bundles for the application to the Enterprise Archive (EAR) file as files.
- Add the location of the EAR file to the server class path for the server so that the resource bundles can be located on the virtual host and server.
The same deployment JAR file can be included in several enterprise applications.
Related
LocalizableTextEJBDeploy command
Assembly tools
Task overview: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)
Task overview: Using enterprise beans in applications
Assembling applications