Introduction

A Quick Example

Before Internationalization

After Internationalization

Running the Sample Program

Internationalizing the Sample Program

Checklist

Setting the Locale

Creating a Locale

Identifying Available Locales

The Scope of a Locale

Isolating Locale-Specific Data

About the ResourceBundle Class

Preparing to Use a ResourceBundle

Backing a ResourceBundle with Properties Files

Using a ListResourceBundle

Formatting

Numbers and Currencies

Customizing Formats

Dates and Times

Using Predefined Formats

Customizing Formats

Changing Date Format Symbols

Messages

Dealing with Compound Messages

Handling Plurals

Working with Text

Checking Character Properties

Comparing Strings

Performing Locale-Independent Comparisons

Customizing Collation Rules

Improving Collation Performance

Detecting Text Boundaries

About the BreakIterator Class

Character Boundaries

Word Boundaries

Sentence Boundaries

Line Boundaries

Converting Non-Unicode Text

Byte Encodings and Strings

Character and Byte Streams