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Localization Notes for J2SE 1.3.1

Version 1.3.1 of the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, (J2SDK) and Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) include support for international locales as described in the following sections:

Localized Components and Supported Locales
Localized Download Bundles for the Solaris Operating Environment
Localized Download Bundles for Microsoft Windows
Localized Download Bundles for Linux
Localized Documentation

Attention International Users:

For a list of changes made to the most recent version of J2SE 1.3.1 please click here:

ENGLISH
JAPANESE

All products support the US English locale. Some portions of the J2SDK are localized for both English and Japanese, while other components are localized for the following ten languages:

• English (en)
• French (fr)
• German (de)
• Italian (it)
• Japanese (ja)
• Korean (ko)
• Spanish (es)
• Swedish (sv)
• Simplified Chinese (zh)
• Traditional Chinese (zh_TW)

See the Supported Locales document for detailed information on locale support in the areas of java.util and java.text functionality, Java Foundation Classes, and user interface elements.

Localization of JRE 1.3.1
The following components of JRE 1.3.1 are localized into all ten languages:

• The runtime libraries, including AWT and Swing
• The Jar tool
• appletviewer
• rmid
• rmiregistry
• The Java Plug-in
• The InstallShield installer on the Microsoft Windows version of the JRE

Localization of J2SDK 1.3.1
The components that are localized into ten languages in JRE 1.3.1 are also present in the J2SDK, and they are localized for the ten languages in the J2SDK as well. The HTML Converter, which is now part of the J2SDK, is also localized into ten languages.

The following tools and components in J2SDK 1.3.1 are localized, but only into Japanese:

• javac
• javadoc and the standard doclet
• javah
• serialver
• rmic
• native2ascii
• Java Debug Interface
• accessibility
• The HTML Converter for the Java Plug-in
• The InstallShield installer on the Microsoft Windows version of J2SDK

All J2SDK and JRE downloads for the Solaris Operating Environment contain support for international locales. Unlike previous releases, US-English-only versions of the J2SDK and JRE are not provided.

Localization support for Solaris platforms includes three packages of Japanese man pages for eucJP, PCK, and UTF-8 encodings: SUNWjej3m, SUNWjpj3m, and SUNWjuj3m respectively. Localization support found in packages SUNWlj3dv and SUNWlj3rt in previous releases is now contained in the "base" packages SUNWj3dev and SUNWj3rt.

The J2SDK download for Microsoft Windows platforms includes support for international locales. Two versions of the JRE for Microsoft Windows are provided, one containing support for international locales and a smaller version which supports US-English only.

All JRE and J2SDK downloads for Linux are localized. English-only downloads are not available.

The download web pages, online release notes, and license files are localized into Japanese.

The J2SE 1.3.1 documentation set is available only in English. A Japanese translation of the J2SE 1.3.0 documentation is available for browsing or download. The Japanese 1.3.0 documentation may be used in conjunction with J2SE 1.3.1, though the 1.3.0 documentation will not contain some clarifications and additional information found in the English J2SE 1.3.1 documentation.