Hi, I have a query and request you to kindly spare some time to enlighten me.
I am making a web application that would translate words from English to various Indian languages using Struts. The application would not use any database so I must use some flat file to store the translation in form of English_word = Hindi_meaning (name value pair or some other form). There would be 11 Indian languages apart from Hindi. Since Java Property files are used in application localization I was of the opinion that they could easily be used to store this data (for eg. a property file State.propeties might store the names of Indian states in Hindi ex: Delhi= ??????). The value is written in Hindi unicode here, a Hindi Unicode font is available here for free download. Important point is: My language data (the value for english keys) would be in Unicode, as above. I understand that the default encoding of the property file is not Unicode. So while saving the property file I will have to save it with UTF-8 encoding. Since struts heavily uses the Property files for internationalization, will it be possible for me to use the files with Unicode text in them. I request your advice on how to use the Property file in such a case (or should I use the normal tab-separated text option as above, with the file,being read using Java I/O API). Thanks, Debashish Chakrabarty http://www.jroller.com/page/debashish
