I need help with ResourceBundle Class

[jjc wang]

properties 's code:

# MessageFormat pattern
 s1=Die Platte \"{1}\" enthält {0}

 # location of {0} in pattern
 s2=1

 # sample disk name
 s3=Meine Platte

 # first ChoiceFormat choice
 s4=keine Dateien

 # second ChoiceFormat choice
 s5=eine Datei

 # third ChoiceFormat choice
 s6={0,number} Dateien

 # sample date
 s7=3. März 1996

java code:

 package ResourceBundle;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.ResourceBundle.Control;

public class Exercise {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 * @throws IOException 
	 * @throws InstantiationException 
	 * @throws IllegalAccessException 
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, IOException {
		Exercise e=new Exercise();
		Control control=ResourceBundle.Control.getControl(ResourceBundle.Control.FORMAT_PROPERTIES);
		ResourceBundle rb=ResourceBundle.getBundle("MyResources",new Locale("de","DE"));
		//ResourceBundle.clearCache(e.getClass().getClassLoader());
		System.out.println(rb.getString("s7")+"----------------------------");
		
	}

}

why? Console printing 3. März 1996.

[Rob Spoor]

1) Blame the console. It's notorious for being bad at displaying characters that aren't in the default ASCII set; see http://www.asciitable.com. You can use JOptionPane.showMessageDialog to display your strings; it has less limitations on what it can display.
2) Blame ResourceBundle. It's using the system default encoding by default. Check this thread for how to create a ResourceBundle.Control sub class that allows you to specify the encoding.