JSP Tutorial - JSP Internationalization

Languages Setting

We can change the JSP page language settings by setting Content-Language header.

<%@ page import="java.io.*,java.util.Locale" %>
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.*,javax.servlet.http.* "%>
<%
    // Set response content type
    response.setContentType("text/html");
    // Set spanish language code.
    response.setHeader("Content-Language", "es");
    String title = "En Espaol";

%>
<html>
<body>
<h1><%  out.print(title); %></h1>
</body>
</html>

Locale Specific Dates

The following code shows how to use request locale and java.text.DateFormat class to format date and time specific to a locale.

<%@ page import="java.io.*,java.util.Locale" %>
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.*,javax.servlet.http.* "%>
<%@ page import="java.text.DateFormat,java.util.Date" %>

<%
    String title = "Locale Specific Dates";
    //Get the client's Locale
    Locale locale = request.getLocale( );
    String date = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
                                  DateFormat.FULL, 
                                  DateFormat.SHORT, 
                                  locale).format(new Date( ));
%>
<html>
<body>
<h1><% out.print(title); %></h1>
<p>Local Date: <%  out.print(date); %></p>
</body>
</html>

Locale Specific Currency

The following code shows how to use java.txt.NumberFormat class to format a number specific to a given locale:

<%@ page import="java.io.*,java.util.Locale" %>
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.*,javax.servlet.http.* "%>
<%@ page import="java.text.NumberFormat,java.util.Date" %>

<%
    String title = "Locale Specific Currency";
    //Get the client's Locale
    Locale locale = request.getLocale( );
    NumberFormat nft = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(locale);
    String formattedCurr = nft.format(1000000);
%>
<html>
<body>
<center>
<h1><% out.print(title); %></h1>
</center>
<div align="center">
<p>Formatted Currency: <%  out.print(formattedCurr); %></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>