Eclipse RCP and Plugin Internationalization - Tutorial
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Eclipse RCP and Plugin Internationalization - Tutorial

Lars Vogel

Version 0.2

Copyright © 2009 - 2010 Lars Vogel

10.08.2010

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Revision 0.116.08.2009Lars Vogel
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Revision 0.210.08.2010Lars Vogel
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Eclipse Internationalization

This article describes how to externalize your strings in Eclipse RCP and Eclipse plugins and how to support different languages.

This article is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Eclipse Helios).

Table of Contents

1. Internationalization - i18n
2. Example
2.1. Project
2.2. Internationalize plugin.xml
2.3. Externalize strings in the source code
3. Thank you
4. Questions and Discussion
5. Links and Literature
5.1. Source Code
5.2. Eclipse Resources
5.3. vogella Resources

1. Internationalization - i18n

The process of preparing an application for beeing translated into several languages is called internationalization which is typically

Within Eclipse RCP and Eclipse plugins two elements are relevant for translation, entries in the plugin.mxl and text in the source code. abbriviated via i18n. This article describes how to internationalize both of them.

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   2. Example