Chapter 35: Internationalization

Question 1

Why should we care about internationalization?

Answer 1

It would be very resource intense to create and maintain different language versions to satisfy international users. Java is designed to support different language needs. It doesn’t require custom code.

Question 2

Name 3 major java features support internationalization?

Answer 2

1. Unicode. This is a universal 16-bit encoding scheme.
2. Locale class. Encapsulates information about a specific locale. Helps us display date, time, number, locale-sensitive operations (like sorting strings) Formatting is in the java.text package.
3. ResourceBundle class helps us separate locale-specific information, such as status messages and GUI component labels. the info is stored outside the source code and can be accessed and loaded dynamically at runtime from a ResourceBundle, rather than hard-coded into the program.

Question 3

What important internationalization feature comes with the Swing user-interface class?

Answer 3

the locale property is inherited from the Component class.

Question 4

What class formats data and time?

Answer 4

DateFormat