The message catalog is a list of translatable strings, identified by a unique key. In an adapter module, these files are in messages/<adapter-name>/. The default strings are in messages.properties and any translations are in messages_<language>.properties where <language> is the language tag as per IETF BCP 47. Typical names would be messages_en-US.properties, messages_fr.properties.
A number of fields in appdef.json can optionally specify a string in the message catalog by simply specifying the key rather than a fixed string. The fields where this is possible are:
- feed definition
displayName - additional property
displayName,helpText - app definition
displayName,description
An example messages.properties is below, for strings used in the various examples throughout this document.
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ConnectionType.Example.DisplayName=ExampleConnectionType.Example.description=Example application server connectionFeedType.ExampleBase.DisplayName=Example BaseFeedType.ExampleSearch.DisplayName=Example SearchFeedType.Example.hideHeader.DisplayName=Hide HeaderFeedType.Example.hideHeader.helpText=Hide the header pane that normally appears when using Example directly