1/*! 2\page locale_intro Introduction to the Locale Kit 3 4The Locale Kit provides a set of tools for internationalizing, localizing and 5translating your software. This includes not only replacing string with their 6translations at runtime, but also more complex tasks such as formatting numbers, 7dates, and times in a way that match the locale preferences of the user. 8 9The main way to access locale data is through BLocaleRoster::Default(). This 10returns a global instance of the BLocaleRoster class, storing the data for 11localizing an application according to the user's preferred settings. Most of 12the time, you should be able to use the default BLocale object and its 13convenience methods to get things formatted according to the user preferences. 14However, you can also use the various formatter classes directly when you need 15a more advanced formatting. For example, you may need to format a date with a 16fixed format in english for including in an e-mail header, as it is the only 17format accepted there. 18 19Note that creating a new format is a costly operation. The idea is that you 20create your format object once and reuse it accross your application to format 21all the stuff that needs it. 22 23*/ 24