Internationalization in webwork plugins

We have seen in the earlier chapters how to write webwork plugins to create new or extended JIRA actions. In this recipe, we will see how we can personalize the messages in these plugins using internationalization and localization.

As Wikipedia puts it:

"Internationalization and localization are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market. Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text."

The terms internationalization and localization are abbreviated to i18n where 18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and last n in internationalization!

How to do it...

Internationalization in a webwork...