Resource Bundle Error

[Phillipe Rodrigues]

Why should i get error for example 1:C:\>java Resrf
Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle
for base name config.properties, locale en_US
at java.util.ResourceBundle.throwMissingResourceException(Unknown Source
)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundleImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(Unknown Source)
at Resrf.main(Resrf.java:8)

import java.util.*;

public class Resrf{

public static void main(String[] args){

Locale loc =Locale.getDefault();
ResourceBundle rb1 =ResourceBundle.getBundle("config.properties");
String value =(String)rb1.getObject("name");
System.out.println(value);

}
}

and no error for example2:

public class Resrf{

public static void main(String[] args){

Locale loc =Locale.getDefault();
ResourceBundle rb1 =ResourceBundle.getBundle("config");  
String value =(String)rb1.getObject("name");
System.out.println(value);

}
}

[Campbell Ritchie]

What is the exact name of the Resource? Is it config, or config.properties?

[Phillipe Rodrigues]

the file is actually a properties file(config.properties)

when if specify base name "config.properties" as in example1 i start getting error,but when i specify it as "config" the code executes successfully.Why is it so?resource should only be a properties file?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Don't know, I am afraid, and I don't think this API link helps a lot. Sorry.

Anybody else?

[karthikeyan Chockalingam]

A short tutorial explaining this.

http://theasolutions.com/java_rbundle.jsp
[ May 19, 2008: Message edited by: karthi keyan ]

[Rohan Kalbhor]

make sure your specified path is correct and if the '.properties' file is present in a specific folder make sure you access the file as
folder_name.filename.properties