Resource bundles store selected characteristics of an object as key and value
pairs in a set of .properties files. You can store a variety of characteristics
in resource bundles, like localized strings used to internationalize your code
or properties for an Ant script. The IDE displays resource bundles as properties
object nodes ()
that contain nodes for each of its locales (
)
and keys (
).
The IDE enables you to manage an object's properties that are stored in resource bundles.
There are two primary ways of editing the properties files stored in resource bundles in the IDE.
When used for internationalizing source code, the IDE stores each locale's characteristics in a .properties file which is contained within the resource bundle. Each key corresponds to the name of a property and must be the same for each locale. The key value is the localized string displayed by the object at runtime and can vary for each locale.
The IDE also enables you to automate the process of internationalizing your source code. You can use the IDE's internationalization features to: