[jboss-dev] jboss i18n and localization (l10n)

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

>> In Java I know of two major ways:
>>
>> The built in java method of localization (java ResourceBundles defaults
>> to use properties, one project I know of using that is Hibernate Search)
>>
>> The other is the way used in e.g. eclipse which uses the (some say
>> technically better) i18n library developed by IBM which I unfortunately
>> can't remember the name of now.
>>
>>> (2) would then require using Gettext in the Java modules that require
>>> translations and marking the strings to be translated appropriately so
>>> that they can be extracted automatically for translation.
>> what is Gettext?Xliff?
> These are things the doc team keep mentioning to me.  They are meant for full 
> blown translations as in docs.  They seem total overkill for this, especially 
> the PO stuff.  Java internationalization (no idea about this IBM stuff) is 
> based on already externalized strings kept in a file separate from the code 
> for easy translation.

what is that PO stuff?

The IBM stuff is using the same files and naming conventions of java, 
but is less broken (long story - but eclipse needed to move to it for 
not running out of memory ;)

/max