ASP.NET Core लोकलाइज़ेशन की संपूर्ण गाइड

<!-- Resources/Controllers/HomeController.en.resx -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <data name="Welcome" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Welcome to our application</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Greeting" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Hello, {0}!</value>
  </data>
</root>

<!-- Resources/Controllers/HomeController.de.resx -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <data name="Welcome" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Willkommen in unserer Anwendung</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Greeting" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Hallo, {0}!</value>
  </data>
</root>

<!-- Resources/SharedResource.en.resx — shared across controllers -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <data name="AppName" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>My Application</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Save" xml:space="preserve"><value>Save</value></data>
  <data name="Cancel" xml:space="preserve"><value>Cancel</value></data>
</root>

// Marker class (empty — only used for type lookup)
namespace MyApp;
public class SharedResource { }

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;

public class HomeController(
    IStringLocalizer<HomeController> localizer,
    IStringLocalizer<SharedResource> shared) : Controller
{
    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        ViewData["Welcome"] = localizer["Welcome"];
        ViewData["AppName"] = shared["AppName"];

        // String interpolation with format parameters
        var greeting = localizer["Greeting", User.Identity?.Name ?? "Guest"];
        return View(new HomeViewModel { Greeting = greeting });
    }
}

// Culture resolved in order: QueryString, Cookie, Accept-Language
// Custom provider: read culture from URL route segment /de/home
public class RouteDataRequestCultureProvider : RequestCultureProvider
{
    public override Task<ProviderCultureResult?> DetermineProviderCultureResult(
        HttpContext httpContext)
    {
        var culture = httpContext.GetRouteValue("culture")?.ToString();
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(culture))
            return NullProviderCultureResult;
        return Task.FromResult<ProviderCultureResult?>(
            new ProviderCultureResult(culture));
    }
}

// Register in Program.cs (route provider first = highest priority):
app.UseRequestLocalization(new RequestLocalizationOptions
{
    DefaultRequestCulture = new RequestCulture("en"),
    SupportedCultures = supportedCultures,
    SupportedUICultures = supportedCultures,
    RequestCultureProviders = new List<IRequestCultureProvider>
    {
        new RouteDataRequestCultureProvider(),
        new QueryStringRequestCultureProvider(),
        new CookieRequestCultureProvider(),
        new AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureProvider(),
    }
});

// Language switcher: persist choice in cookie
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult SetLanguage(string culture, string returnUrl)
{
    Response.Cookies.Append(
        CookieRequestCultureProvider.DefaultCookieName,
        CookieRequestCultureProvider.MakeCookieValue(new RequestCulture(culture)),
        new CookieOptions { Expires = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddYears(1) });
    return LocalRedirect(returnUrl);
}

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

public class RegisterViewModel
{
    [Required(ErrorMessage = "NameRequired")]
    [Display(Name = "FullName")]
    [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "NameLength", MinimumLength = 2)]
    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;

    [Required(ErrorMessage = "EmailRequired")]
    [EmailAddress(ErrorMessage = "EmailInvalid")]
    [Display(Name = "EmailAddress")]
    public string Email { get; set; } = string.Empty;

    [Required(ErrorMessage = "PasswordRequired")]
    [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "PasswordLength", MinimumLength = 8)]
    [Display(Name = "Password")]
    public string Password { get; set; } = string.Empty;
}
// RESX keys map to ErrorMessage/Name values:
// RegisterViewModel.de.resx: NameRequired = "Name ist erforderlich"
// RegisterViewModel.de.resx: FullName = "Vollständiger Name"

// Option 1: Separate RESX keys with code switch
// HomeController.en.resx: ItemCount_One = "You have {0} item"
// HomeController.en.resx: ItemCount_Other = "You have {0} items"
public string GetItemCount(int count)
{
    var key = count == 1 ? "ItemCount_One" : "ItemCount_Other";
    return _localizer[key, count];
}

// Option 2: ICU MessageFormat (dotnet add package MessageFormat.NET)
using Jeffijoe.MessageFormat;
var formatter = new MessageFormatter();

var pattern = "{count, plural, one {# item} other {# items}} in your cart";
var result = formatter.FormatMessage(pattern,
    new Dictionary<string, object> { { "count", 5 } });
// => "5 items in your cart"

// Arabic: 6 plural forms (zero, one, two, few, many, other)
var arPattern = @"{count, plural,
    zero {لا عناصر} one {عنصر واحد} two {عنصران}
    few {# عناصر} many {# عنصرًا} other {# عنصر}}";

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
@inject IViewLocalizer Localizer
@inject IHtmlLocalizer<SharedResource> SharedHtml

<h1>@Localizer["Welcome"]</h1>
<p>@Localizer["Greeting", User.Identity?.Name]</p>

@* IHtmlLocalizer: does NOT escape — use for RESX values with HTML *@
<p>@SharedHtml["TermsNotice"]</p>

@* Tag Helpers auto-localize Display/ErrorMessage attributes *@
<form asp-action="Register">
    <label asp-for="Name"></label>
    <input asp-for="Name" />
    <span asp-validation-for="Name"></span>
    <button type="submit">@Localizer["Submit"]</button>
</form>

# In your IDE, ask your AI assistant:
> Translate Resources/Controllers/HomeController.en.resx to German, Japanese, Spanish

# HomeController.de.resx created (1.2s)
# HomeController.ja.resx created (1.5s)
# HomeController.es.resx created (1.1s)

# Or use the CLI in CI/CD:
npx i18n-agent translate Resources/Controllers/HomeController.en.resx --lang de,ja,es

dotnet add package I18nAgent.LocaleChain

MyAspNetApp/
├── Controllers/
│   └── HomeController.cs
├── ViewModels/
│   └── RegisterViewModel.cs
├── Views/
│   └── Home/
│       └── Index.cshtml
├── Resources/
│   ├── Controllers/
│   │   ├── HomeController.en.resx     # English (source)
│   │   ├── HomeController.de.resx     # German
│   │   └── HomeController.ja.resx     # Japanese
│   ├── ViewModels/
│   │   ├── RegisterViewModel.en.resx
│   │   └── RegisterViewModel.de.resx
│   ├── Views/Home/
│   │   ├── Index.en.resx
│   │   └── Index.de.resx
│   └── SharedResource.en.resx
├── SharedResource.cs                  # Marker class
├── Program.cs
└── MyAspNetApp.csproj