How to put an external resource bundle file on the classpath inStruts?

[John]

Hi all,
usually for internationalization I use the resource bundle properties
and use the <bean:message> Struts tag for the different Locales.
Normally this is internal to the web application (everything resides
within the *.ear file).
However, because of a change in the business requirement, I have to
externalize all *.properties file - they cannot be part of the web
application, but must be located in an external location (on a Solaris
machine).

Since all my JSPs uses <bean:message> I should find a solution for the
problem that the Struts framework will no longer find the *.properties
files under the WEB-INF/classes directory.

Since I want to keep the JSPs as they are, I thought maybe there is a
way to load all the *.properties files on the classpath, when the
application starts:

let's say all properties are located in

/etc/apps/i18n

Now: I have a single file that initializes all kind of application
specific variables. One of these variables could be the key that maps
the directory of all *.properties. And now my trouble begins: I don't
know how, and if it is possible to load the value of that key and put
the files on the web application classpath, so that Struts can use its
internationalization mechanism.

Does anybody has a tip or hint how to do this? Maybe with a piece of
code please....

Thank you very much for your answers,
John

 

[Abhijat Vatsyayan]

Hi all,
usually for internationalization I use the resource bundle properties
and use the <bean:message> Struts tag for the different Locales.
Normally this is internal to the web application (everything resides
within the *.ear file).
However, because of a change in the business requirement, I have to
externalize all *.properties file - they cannot be part of the web
application, but must be located in an external location (on a Solaris
machine).

Since all my JSPs uses <bean:message> I should find a solution for the
problem that the Struts framework will no longer find the *.properties
files under the WEB-INF/classes directory.

Since I want to keep the JSPs as they are, I thought maybe there is a
way to load all the *.properties files on the classpath, when the
application starts:

let's say all properties are located in

/etc/apps/i18n

Now: I have a single file that initializes all kind of application
specific variables. One of these variables could be the key that maps
the directory of all *.properties. And now my trouble begins: I don't
know how, and if it is possible to load the value of that key and put
the files on the web application classpath, so that Struts can use its
internationalization mechanism.

Does anybody has a tip or hint how to do this? Maybe with a piece of
code please....

Thank you very much for your answers,
John

Sounds like a strange thing to do but if you must ) .. what server
are you using? Which version of struts?

 

[John]

Sounds like a strange thing to do but if you must ) .. what server
are you using? Which version of struts?

We are using Solaris 10 maschines, Struts 1.1 (I know, I know, but
this is what it is allowed in our company), JDK 1.5, J2EE 1.4(Servlet
2.4, JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.1). Can this help you for my problem?

Thank you,
John