PolyTranslator

PolyTranslator is an i18n/l10n system used by PolyUI. It finds a language file according to the following spec:

/translationDir/lang_COUNTRY.lang

for example /translationDir/en_GB.lang.

This can also be set with -Dpolyui.locale="ll_CC" or using Settings.defaultLocale.

If the file cannot be found, PolyUI will check for a file named ll_default.lang (for example en_default.lang) and use that instead if present. If that isn't found, it will use the default locale (above), and if that isn't found it will crash.

Keys can also be added using

The file contains a simple table of my.key=value, with each line meaning a new translation. It will return the key if the file is found but the key is not present. We recommend using dot notation for your keys:

my.key=hello there!
hello.world=This works well!
something.else=I can also substitute in %s objects using %s!
really.useful=I use the sprintf(3) type format strings as specified by java.lang.String.format().

See also