allan.jacobs@Eng 1998-09-21

Classes that extend ResourceBundle do not work unless they grant
public access. This makes it impossible to do information hiding
on internationalization classes. And, it means that the various
internationalizations have to be in separate files.

Source code is attached.


algol% Z.ksh
java full version "JDK-1.2fcs-J"
SunOS algol 5.6 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
en_US
jvs.ch21.KrB@4895d5a3
jvs.ch21.KrB_en_GB@4fbdd5a3
jvs.ch21.KrB_fr@4391d5a3
        1
        Default
        Extra
        Exit
        2
        _C_
en_UK
        UK
        The Exit
        1
        _C_
        2
        Extra
fr
        France
        Le Exit
        2
        _C_
        3
        Extra
Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingResourceException: can't find resource for jvs.ch21.JrB_en_US
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:411)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:341)
        at jvs.ch21.Y.test(Y.java:14)
        at jvs.ch21.Y.main(Y.java:7)