Text Localization and Portal Components
Internationalization 
Purpose
Internationalization is the process of designing or converting an existing program so that it can be used in more than one locale. A locale defines a set of culturally-specific conventions for the display, format, and collation of data. In Java, a Locale object specifies a locale, which is simply a container for strings identifying a particular language and country.
Implementation Considerations
The approach used by the PRT is to support internationalized application, based on the option of using the Unicode character that is set. This takes advantage of Java’s internationalization capabilities in the following areas of a portal application:
· Data handling from the browser to the portal application
· Data manipulation of such data in the Java/JSP code of the portal component
· How data is presented to the user
The Portal Runtime API offers methods from in the PortalComponentRequest to make the portal application aware of localization aspects.
See also:
· Resource Bundle Access from a Portal Component