Changes to files used with globalization

Guidewire has modularized certain files used during localization so that each copy of the file affects a single region, language, regional format preference, or currency only. This is in contrast to previous PolicyCenter releases in which a file such as localization.xml contained data about more than one locale. In PolicyCenter 8.0, Guidewire requires a separate localization.xml file to store information about the en_US locale and the fr_FR locale. As there can potentially be multiple copies of a file, the location of each copy of the file must be unique.

In particular, the following files have change their name, their functionality, their location, or all three:

File                                     

Changes
  • address-config.xml
  • country.xml
  • zone-config.xml

Files address-config.xml, country.xml, and zone-config.xml now contain information specific to a single country only. All base configuration copies of these files reside in Studio in the following location, with XX being the country code:

configuration > config > geodata > XX

Substitute a standard ISO country code for XX.

In the base PolicyCenter 8.0 release, Guidewire provides support for the following countries:

  • AU
  • CA
  • DE
  • FR
  • GB
  • JP
  • US

currencies.xml

Contains currency code and similar information for the supported currencies. In single currency mode, currency is defined in localization.xml files under locale folders. See Currency formats in a single currency implementation .

In multiple currency mode, currency is defined in currency.xml files in currency folders, such as usd, located in the currencies folder.

config.xml

Globalization parameters new in PolicyCenter 8.0:

  • DefaultApplicationLanguage
  • DefaultPhoneCountryCode
  • DefaultNANPCCountryCode
  • AlwaysShowPhoneWidgetRegionCode

Globalization parameters with modified functionality in PolicyCenter 8.0:

  • DefaultApplicationLocale
  • MulticurrencyDisplayMode

See also

display.properties

There are now multiple display.properties files, one for each local folder. See Localizing display keys.

fieldvalidators.xml

You define national field validators in fieldvalidtors.xml files located in country-specific folders in the fieldvalidators folder.

See also

language.xml

This file is optional. In the base configuration, Guidewire uses this file to override the ICU default collation settings for the German language. All other base configuration languages use the ICU library default collation settings.

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localization.xml

In 8.0, Guidewire splits file localization.xml into multiple files, each of which contains formatting and parsing rules for a single langue only.

Each base configuration localization.xml file resides in the following location in Studio:

configuration > Localizations > localeCode

For localeCode substitute a standard ISO locale code, such as en_US.

In the PolicyCenter 8.0 release, the existence of a localization.xml file for a language is optional. If you do not supply the relevant language-configuration data in a localization.xml file, then PolicyCenter uses the ICU library defaults for that language.

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nanpa.properties

Area codes defined by the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA). You find this file in Studio in the following location:

configuration > config > phone

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