Help with I18N

[Arthur Buliva]

Hi Friends,

I have a problem when I try accessing a locale file from an absolute path.

I have this code:

final File localeFile = new File("lang/MessagesBundle");
currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
messages = ResourceBundle.getBundle(localeFile.getPath(), currentLocale);
System.out.println("Loaded locale file OK");

It works well because I have the locale file as part of the packages of the application.

However,

final File localeFile = new File("/etc/ussd/grouptext/MessagesBundle");
currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
messages = ResourceBundle.getBundle(localeFile.getPath(), currentLocale);
System.out.println("Loaded locale file OK");

brings out this problem:

Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name /etc/ussd/grouptext/MessagesBundle, locale en_US
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.throwMissingResourceException(ResourceBundle.java:1521)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundleImpl(ResourceBundle.java:1260)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:787)
        ...
Java Result: 1

Any help please?

[Rob Spoor]

ResourceBundle.getBundle is using a resource name; it isn't called ResourceBundle for nothing. I believe that you can create a custom ClassLoader and use that to load the data:

File root = new File("/");
URL[] urls = {file.toURI().toURL()};
ClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(urls);
final File localeFile = new File("/etc/ussd/grouptext/MessagesBundle");   
currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");   
messages = ResourceBundle.getBundle(localeFile.getPath(), currentLocale, loader);   
System.out.println("Loaded locale file OK");  

Note: not tested.

[Arthur Buliva]

Thanks Rob. A little modification and all is OK

 File file = new File("/");
        URL[] urls =
        {
            file.toURI().toURL()
        };
        ClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(urls);
        final File localeFile = new File("/etc/ussd/grouptext/MessagesBundle");
        Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
        ResourceBundle messages = ResourceBundle.getBundle(localeFile.getPath(), currentLocale, loader);
        System.out.println("Loaded locale file OK");
        System.out.println(messages.getString("groupcreatedsuccess"));