Annotations in the Alexa Conversations Core Library
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Note: Alexa Conversations Description Language (ACDL) is offered as a beta and may change as we receive feedback and iterate on the feature.
The Alexa Conversations Core Library (ACCL) provides annotations that you can use in Alexa Conversations Description Language (ACDL) files.
@locale
You localize your Alexa Conversations skill by using the @locale annotation. You can apply the @locale annotation to a name declaration, a dialog, or a sample. You can then use the variations() action to aggregate localized events or responses into one event or response that you can use in a locale-agnostic dialog.
Note: Expressions without the
@locale annotation are global. In other words, the expressions apply to all locales.Examples
The following example shows how to use the @locale annotation to specify that the skill supports en-US.
@locale(Locale.en_US)
welcome_en = apla("/lib/prompts/en/welcome")
The following example shows how to specify locales for samples under a dialog.
@locale(Locale.de_DE, Locale.en_US)
dialog Nothing myGreetingBot {
// This sample will be deployed to de-DE.
@locale(Locale.de_DE)
sample {
expect(Invoke, hello)
...
}
// This sample will be deployed to en-US.
@locale(Locale.de_DE)
sample {
expect(Invoke, hello)
...
}
// This sample will be deployed to en-US and de-DE.
sample {
expect(Invoke, hello)
...
}
}