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In a distributed client-server environment, application processes may run on different machines configured to different locales corresponding to different cultural conventions; they can also be located across geographical boundaries. With the advent of Internet based business computational models, like eCommerce, the possibility is ever increasing that applications will have clients and servers operating in different locales and geographical regions. With respect to internationalization, this heterogeneity introduces new challenges to the task of designing a sound client-server infrastructure.
For example, clients and servers could:
The traditional solution for solving locale and time zone mismatch problems is to pass one or more extra parameters on all business methods necessary for conveying either the client's locale or time zone to the server. Though simple, this technique has serious limitations within Enterprise JavaBeans applications:
The Internationalization Service offers a solution to these challenges. For more information, see The Internationalization Service solution.
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Enabling or disabling the Internationalization Service | |
Managing Internationalization context | |
Tracing Internationalization Service function | |
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The programming model | |
Programming examples | |
Verifying service configuration | |
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