About Multi-Language Support¶

By the multi-language support, it means that the system supports the use of multiple languages rather than a single language.

Multi-Language Support in intra-mart Accel Platform¶

There are 4 elements that make up the multi-language support in intra-mart Accel Platform.

• Language Definition

It defines the language used in intra-mart Accel Platform.

• Message Definition

With regard to the messages to be shown to users, translated messages are available for all languages defined in intra-mart Accel Platform.

Message is managed by [Language ID] and [Message Code].

• Language Resolution

Users can register the language to be used to intra-mart Accel Platform.

If the language is not registered, the language which is automatically resolved will be applied.

Please refer to Defined Access Context for the resolution sequence of language.

• Obtaining the Message

intra-mart Accel Platform provides the API (MessageManager) to obatin the message with multi-language support.

MessageManager obtains the pertinent message from [Message Code] and [User Language].

For the usage of MessageManager, please refer to Get Message in Multi-Language Form.

Language Definition at Initial State¶

Languages that are supported in intra-mart Accel Platform at initial state are as follows :

Language	Language ID
English	en
Japanese	ja
Chinese (simplified)	zh_CN

• Language Master File

Language defined in intra-mart Accel Platform is stated in XML named [Language Master File].

System default language at initial state will be [English].

• Setting File

<CONTEXT_PATH>/WEB-INF/conf/locale-config/im-locale-default.xml

Message Property File¶

This file gives description of the message.

• File Naming Conventions

  {arbitrary name} _ {language ID} .properties
  

  • example

  language	File Name
  English	example_en.properties
  Japanese	example_ja.properties
  Chinese (simplified)	example_zh_CN.properties

  Warning

  Please do not put underscore (_) in the {arbitrary name} part.

  
  

  (example) test_message_ja.properties

• File Contents

  {Message Code} = {Translated Message}
  

  • example

    example_en.properties

    I18N.MESSAGE.EXAMPLE=This is an example of message.
    

    example_ja.properties

    I18N.MESSAGE.EXAMPLE=\u3053\u308c\u306f\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u306e\u4f8b\u3067\u3059\u3002