Composing language-specific strings

Perform this task to complete the localization of strings in an application component.

Create message catalogs for the language-specific strings.

Tasks

1. In application code, create a LocalizableTextFormatter instance, passing in required localization values.
2. Set other localization values as needed for more complex situations.
3. Generate a properly formatted, language-specific string.

What to do next

When the application is finished, deploy the application. See Prepare the localizable-text package for deployment.

Subtopics

• Localization API support
  The com.ibm.websphere.i18n.localizabletext package contains classes and interfaces for localizing text.
• LocalizableTextFormatter class
  The LocalizableTextFormatter class, found in the com.ibm.websphere.i18n.localizabletext package, is the primary programming interface for using the localizable-text package. Instances of this class contain the information needed to create language-specific strings from keys and resource bundles.
• Create a formatter instance
  Perform this task to set localization values for strings in an application component.
• Setting optional localization values
  In addition to setting localization values required by the LocalizableTextFormatter interface, we can set a number of optional values in application code, either through the constructor or by calling any of several methods for that purpose.
• Generate localized text
  Perform this task to specify the runtime formatting of localized text in an application component.