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Resource Bundle Inspector For Java

A tool that allows visual inspection of translated Java Resource bundles, including the ability to easily switch between languages; useful for detecting erroneous native-to-ASCII conversions.


Date Posted: September 9, 2004
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Update: September 21, 2005

Now supports 27 languages and 48 countries (formerly supported only G1 languages: 11 languages and 9 countries).

What is Resource Bundle Inspector For Java?

Resource Bundle Inspector For Java enables initial verification and inspection of translated messages in resource bundles before product testing is done. These translated messages have come from different geographical translation centers. This tool helps testers to speed up the verification of messages before integrating them into any product. Bugs found in translated messages can be detected at early stage of product testing cycle; this helps in increasing the testing cycle efficiency.

How does it work?

Resource Bundle Inspector For Java can be used to view all the translated messages of a particular language in a single window.

It is not necessary to change the operating system's locale settings in order to test and verify the translated messages. Currently, the tools supports 27 languages and 48 countries.

Resource Bundle Inspector For Java does not require any other classes or third-party libraries to be invoked at run time. In addition, this tool is generic and can be used by any product that supports globalization.


About the technology author(s):
Makham V. Kumar works with the Installation team for Websphere Business Integration Connect at the India Software Lab. He is a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2.0 platform and a diploma holder in Capability Maturity Model, and he has experience in application development and in the business integration domain. Mr. Kumar is a graduate of the University of Karnataka at Belgaum.

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For platform(s):
Windows

For topics:
translation, globalization, verification


 

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