Introduction to IBM Classes for
Unicode
3.0 Conclusion
Today's software market is a global one in
which it is desirable to develop and maintain one application that supports a wide variety
of national languages. IBM's International Classes for Unicode provide the following tools
to help you write language independent applications:
- UnicodeString support the Unicode 2.0.14 standard
- Resource bundles for storing and accessing localized information
- Number formatters for converting binary numbers into text strings for meaningful display
- Date and time formatters for converting internal time data into text strings for
meaningful display
- Message formatters for putting together sequences of strings, numbers dates and other
format to create messages
- Text collation supporting language sensitive comparison of strings
- Text boundary analysis for finding characters, word and sentence boundaries
Changing simple data files rather than modifying program code easily localizes
applications written using these tools.
This document is an introduction to using the IBM's International Classes for Unicode
to develop global applications. Please see the References sections
for more information on software internationalization.
References
Kano N., "Developing International Software" (1995), Microsoft Press
"Taligent's Guide to Designing Programs, Well-mannered Object-Oriented Design in
C++"(1994), Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard 2.0" (1996), Addison Wesley
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