This tutorial introduces you to the Java programming language's support for multilingual andmulticountry environments. The course begins with a general discussion ofinternationalization principles and concepts, and then moves on to an overview of thespecific areas of Java internationalization support. The last few sections provide a morehands-on discussion -- including example programs for the major discussion areas, and afinal, more complete application that ties them together -- of the areas basic to anyinternationalized Java application: Unicode and Java characters; locales and resourcebundles; and formatting dates, numbers, and currencies. Upon completing the tutorial, you will have a firm understanding of the elements ofinternationalization and the areas for which the Java platform provides support. You shouldalso be able to write applications that use resource bundles and can format and parse dates,numbers, and currencies.