Re: tag

[Ivan Siviero <iv...@concept.it>]

When you want to display an internationalized message on a web page you can
write the tag

<bean:message key="message.key">

In the ApplicationResources.properties you specify the following line

message.key=this is my message

If you want a German translation you define an
ApplicationResources_de.properties which contains the following

message.key=this is my german message

The <bean:message> tag normally looks for a locale in the session under the
attribute (Action.LOCALE_KEY).
So to switch the language you just have to set your locale with the
following line:

request.getSession().setAttribute(Action.LOCALE_KEY, yourLocale);
you can either do the following when implementing the perform() method of an
action

setLocale(request, locale);

if you want to use another locale from the bean message tag you just have to
specify this with the locale property:

<bean:message key="message.key" locale="localeBean"/>

the above line supposes a locale object stored in the session under the key
"localeBean" so the <bean:message> will look for a key "message.key" under
the ApplicationResources.properties matching that locale.

Now let's suppose you want to specify your localized message into a
different .properties file.
You can do this with the bundle parameter.

<bean:message bundle="myBundle" key="message.key" locale="localeBean"/>

will look for the key "message.key" in the bundle stored under the bean
named "myBundle" for a locale stored under the bean named "localeBean".
The bean named "myBundle" is a MessageResource object.
you have to add it to the ServletContext with the following lines (let's
suppose you are coding a startup Servlet):
MessageResources myResources =
MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory().createResources("resourceFilename");

this.getServletContext().setAttribute("myBundle", myResources );

This works quite fine for me.
Hope this helps
Ivan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaddiyar, Raghuramudu" <Ra...@sisclear.com>
To: "Struts (E-mail)" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: <bean:message> tag


> Hi All,
>
> I am new to struts and am developing an application which has to support
> internationalization. When i saw the documentation of struts, it says that
> the <bean:message> tag can render internationlized messages by overriding
> the "bundle" and "locale" attrobutes of the <bean:message> tag. But i dont
> know
> what values has to be set for this attributes??.
>
> Can anyone explain what does this "bundle" and "locale" attributes
represent
> and
> what values has to be set so that it renders internationalized messages???
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Raghu
> SIS
>
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