/* * java-gnome, a UI library for writing GTK and GNOME programs from Java! * * Copyright © 2008 Vreixo Formoso * Copyright © 2008-2010 Operational Dynamics Consulting, Pty Ltd * * The code in this file, and the program it is a part of, is made available * to you by its authors as open source software: you can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version * 2 ("GPL") as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GPL for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GPL along with this program. If not, * see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. The authors of this program may be * contacted through http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/. */ package i18n; import java.util.Calendar; import org.freedesktop.bindings.Internationalization; import org.gnome.gtk.Gtk; import static org.freedesktop.bindings.Internationalization.N_; import static org.freedesktop.bindings.Internationalization._; /** * Little example of i18n features, still to be improved. * * @author Vreixo Formoso */ public class ExampleTranslation { /* * With code that will be executed before calling I18n.init(), you need to * use N_() function instead of _(). This just marks the string as * translatable, it does not really translate (it can't!), so when * actually print, you will need to call _()! See below. */ private static final String GOODBYE = N_("Goodbye"); public static void main(String[] args) { /* this is called just to link against JNI library */ Gtk.init(args); Internationalization.init("example", "tmp/locale/"); /* we can translate simple messages */ System.out.println(_("Hello")); /* as GOODBYE is marked with N_(), we need to call _() */ System.out.println(_(GOODBYE)); /* or also use messages with parameters */ System.out.println(_("User name is {0} and home dir is {1}", System.getProperty("user.name"), System.getProperty("user.home"))); /* * but also parameters that should be formatted in a locale-dependent * way */ System.out.println(_("This costs {0,number,currency}", 1555.45)); System.out.println(_("Today is {0,date,long}", Calendar.getInstance().getTime())); /* we even have support for advanced usage */ System.out.println(_( "There {0,choice,0#are no files|1#is one file|1<are {0,number,integer} files}.", 1)); /* * and of course, we can use not internationalized messages. This * should be done, for example, for debug messages. */ System.out.println("Not internationalized"); } }