Default encoding in spring.

[pawan chopra]

I have seen the following code to set default-encoding in spring:

     

    <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource">
         <property name="basename" value="classpath:messages"/>
         <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8"/>
</bean>
       

But can any body tell me how to it in following pattern:

 <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource"
    p:basenames="messages"/>   

I have tried p:defaultEncoding="UTF-8" but it does not work.

[Brian Murphy]

Hey Pawan,

Do you get an error of some sort? The syntax you're suggesting does indeed work. Here's what it would look like.

<bean id="messageSource"
          class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource"
          p:basename="classpath:messages"
          p:fallbackToSystemLocale="false"
          p:defaultEncoding="UTF-8" />

Also note that you have to use unicode escapes to get UTF-8 support, or switch to using the XML format for message bundles. You can read more in the Properties JavaDocs - http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17476_01/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html

Cheers,

Brian D. Murphy
@brimurph

[pawan chopra]

Sorry Brian....We were busy in some other work for 2 months. So couldn't look into it. now I ahve got the solution thanks to you. What I have noticed that with ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource class we have to put classpath as prefix with basename property. This was the only problem. Thanks once again and sorry for such a late reply.