Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP™ Standard Tag Library

Chapter 7. I18N Actions

Topics in This Chapter

• Overview

• I18N and L10N

• Localization Contexts

• An Overview of the I18N Actions

• Use of <fmt:message>

• Request EncodingRequest Encoding

• I18N Custom Actions

At the end of the 20th century, with the World Wide Web in its infancy, most Web sites were implemented for a single language, but that's starting to change as more Web sites offer content in multiple languages. Web sites that adapt to a reader's native language and customs have an obvious competitive advantage over those that do not.

JSTL provides a number of actions that help you internationalize your Web sites:

• <fmt:setLocale>

• <fmt:setBundle>

• <fmt:bundle>

• <fmt:message>

• <fmt:param>

• <fmt:requestEncoding>

JSTL also provides a handful of actions for formatting and parsing ...