Multibyte locale for single byte languages

• US 6,185,729 B1
• Filed: 03/04/1996
• Issued: 02/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Hiroshi, Shannon, William A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Application Number:
  US08/610,004
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 395/701, 395/702, 395/703, 395/704, 395/705, 395/500, 395/500.47, 704/8, 703/27, 707/536, 717/1-5
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A development suite for developing and testing internationalized software includes, in addition to an ASCII English locale, a multibyte English locale. The presence of a multibyte English locale permits early discovery and correction of errors by English speaking developers which would otherwise only be found during localization of the software for a country where a multibyte representation was required. A system and a computer program product also utilize a multibyte English locale.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of testing internationalized software, comprising the step of:

a. providing an element for performing the step of binding internationalized software to be tested to a multibyte locale created for a single byte language.

2. Apparatus for testing internationalized software, comprising:

a. a computer; and

b. a computer program stored on said computer for use with said internationalized software, said program comprising a multibyte locale created for a single byte language.

3. A computer system for developing software comprising:

a. at least one computer;

b. one or more message sources, each containing one or more program messages in a single byte language; and

c. one or more language tables containing specific processing information and conventions for a particular locale, at least one of which is a multibyte locale created for a single byte language.

4. A computer system for developing and testing an internationalized computer program written in a single byte language, comprising:

a. a network;

b. one or more computers connected to said network;

c. a source of messages to be used by said internationalized computer program when running on said one or more computers; and

d. one or more locales, each containing specific processing information and conventions for a particular locale, at least one of which is a multibyte locale created for said single byte language, for binding to said internationalized computer program during program development and testing,

whereby an internationalized computer program under development can be tested using said multibyte locale.

5. A network with improved capabilities for testing internationalized software, comprising;

a plurality of computers connected to the network;

at least one of said computers configured to bind an internationalized program written in a single byte language to a multibyte locale created for said single byte language.

6. A method of testing internationalized software written in a single byte language using a network comprising the steps of:

providing an element for performing the step of downloading, over said network, a multibyte locale implemented in said single byte language; and

providing an element for performing the step of binding said multibyte locale to said internationalized software for testing.

7. A method of facilitating testing of internationalized software written in a single byte language at a remote location using a network comprising the steps of:

providing an element for performing the step of sending, over said network, a multibyte locale created for said single byte language to a computer at said remote location,

whereby said computer at said remote location can bind said multibyte locale created for said single byte language to said internationalized software for testing.