Struts 1.3 Error messages displaying improperly on jsp

[Paul Yule]

Currently I'm getting ???en_US.error.required??? displayed to the jsp page when the validate method of my ActionForm adds an error and I display it on the jsp page with <html:errors/>

Here is where I add the message from the validate method

 
package com.company.project.beans;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;

public class UserSearchBean extends ActionForm {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private String userId = null;
	public String getUserId() {
		return userId ;
	}

	public void setUserId(String userId ) {
		this.userId = userId ;
	}

	public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
		userId = null;
	}

	public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,HttpServletRequest request) {
		ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
		if (userId == null || userId.trim().equals("")){
			errors.add("userId", new ActionMessage("error.required","user ID"));
		}
		return errors;
	}
}

properties file including the message:

# Optional header and footer for <errors/> tag.
errors.header=<ul>
errors.footer=</ul>

errors.required={0} is required.
errors.invalid={0} is invalid.

  

The properties file is located at com.company.project.resources.ApplicationResources.properties

My struts config is included below referencing the property file

   
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.3//EN" 
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_3.dtd">
<struts-config>
	<form-beans>
		<form-bean name="UserSearchBean" type="com.company.project.beans.UserSearchBean">
		</form-bean>
	</form-beans>
	
	<global-exceptions>
	</global-exceptions>
	
	<global-forwards>
	</global-forwards>
	
	<action-mappings>
		<action name="UserSearchBean" path="/searchUser" scope="request" type="com.company.project.actions.UserSearchAction" 
		input="/userSearch.jsp">
			<forward name="success" path="/userSearchResults.jsp">
			</forward>
		</action>
	</action-mappings>
	<message-resources parameter="com.company.project.resources.ApplicationResources" null="false"/>
</struts-config>
 

I'm lost at what to do. I feel like it's looking for a properties file specific to EN_us. After i click submit on my html page it adds the error message when I don't specify the user name but it is displayed as ???en_US.error.required???.

[David Newton]

"s"

[Paul Yule]

David Newton wrote:"s"

hmmm... am I trying to look for a typo involving an "s"? I don't see it. Or is Superman going to save that day? Do you think he codes in his spare time?

[David Newton]

errors.add("userId", new ActionMessage("error.required","user ID"));  

errors.required={0} is required.  

I'll take either Lois or Lana as payment.

[Paul Yule]

Wow, thanks David. I must have stared at this thing for 4 hours before posting trying to go through every possible thing I could find and I still end up with an "Add a semicolon" solution.

[David Newton]

Don't you hate that?! I do. The disconnect between some of the normal things in Java apps makes me mental.