getting property value in jsp page from application.properties

[Mukhi Vla]

i am trying to get property value from application.properties file. I tried giving the following command

<fmt:message key="propname1" /> 

But in oputput i am getting it as ???propname1???

Can any one suggest me how to get property value in jsp using JSTL?

[Bear Bibeault]

Did you bind the bundle? Look though the other tags in the JSTL fmt set for more information.

[Mukhi Vla]

I am using Spring framework. I have the application.properties file loaded in the following way in applicationContext.xml file.

<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
		<property name="locations">
			<list>
				<value>classpath:application.properties</value>
                                              </list>
		</property>
       </bean>

so it is not resourcebundle properties file. How ever i would like to know how to bundle this properties file?

[Mukhi Vla]

<fmt:bundle basename="application">
                  <fmt:message key="propname1"/>
         </fmt:bundle>

The above is working fine. but i want to get ten property values in nearly 50 jsp pages. I am looking for some other way where i can bind this bundle at only one place.

[Bear Bibeault]

Read the JSTL specification on this issue. As I recall, you can bind the bundle to application context and have it available everywhere.

[Mukhi Vla]

I got it. In applicationContext.xml file.

I set the follwoing bean definition. and its working

<bean id="msgSrc" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
            <property name="basenames">
                <list>
                    <value>application</value>
                </list>
            </property>
        </bean>

Where application value refers to my application.properties file