Accessing Message Resource

[Kalichar Rangantittu]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to access a message property that is maintained in the ApplicationResources.properties file in a Java class that is external to the Struts API.

I would like in a Java Class to be be able to say,

messageResource.get(key, locale) and get back the struts resource for the specified key.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Durgaprasad Guduguntla]

You can do this outside struts API by using a ResourceBundle assuming your bundle is located at yourapp/WEB-INF/classes/resources/application_fr.properties. Then you an retrieve the messages from the bundle. The following code snippet would help you:

try{
  // Get the resource bundle
        ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("resources.application", Locale.FRENCH);
        String msgValue = rb.getString("msgKey");
    } catch (MissingResourceException ex) {
e.printStackTrace();
    }    

[Durgaprasad Guduguntla]

One correction in the above post with code:

String msgValue = bundle.getString("msgKey");