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A resource bundle is a [[Java (software platform)|Java]] [[.properties]] file that contains [[locale]]-specific data.<ref>[http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/ResourceBundles/ O'Conner, B. ''Java Internationalization: Localization with ResourceBundles'', Sun Developer Network.]</ref> It is a way of internationalising a Java application by making the code locale-independent.

== Naming a resource bundle ==

Resource bundles have a naming convention to identify them when they deal with different languages. The file name is followed by an underscore and a two-letter language code ([[ISO 639-2]] code) that specifies the language that the resource bundle deals with. So, for example, an application that supports Spanish and French can have these resource bundles, respectively:

resbund_es.properties

resbund_fr.properties

This can also be followed by another underscore and a two-letter country code ([[ISO 3166-1]]). In this case, an application that supports British English and US English respectively will have the following files:

resbund_en_GB.properties

resbund_en_US.properties

== Content of a resource bundle ==