locales and jsf

[dan volfman]

hi
i have a few questions about jsf and localization.
assume i have the following definition in faces-config.xml

  
<resource-bundle>
			<base-name>labels</base-name>
			<var>bundle</var>
</resource-bundle>
  

In my jsf page i use bundle.abc to get the value of abc (which is mapped in labels.properties). i also have labels_de.properties

the question is - what locale is used in in this bundle?

i configured the locales:

  
<locale-config>
	<default-locale>de_DE</default-locale>
	<supported-locale>en_US</supported-locale>
</locale-config>
  

but it didnt make the page take the values from labels_de.
only when i define <f:view locale="de_DE"/> in the page, the value is taken from labels_de.properties.
Can someone please explain how this works?

thanks.

[Ilari Moilanen]

First of all you don't have to put the view tag to all of your pages. You can put it in a template file and then all your pages that use that template have it defined.

When you define the locale change it to point to a backing bean (or to facescontext) so that it can change dynamically. I for example have it defined like this

<f:view locale="#{loginUser.currentLocale}>"    

so I can change the locale as I want based on the users preferences.

I can explain how it works in more detail if you want (when I have more time).

The reason we need to use the f:view tag at all is not clear to me but maybe somenone here on this forum can explain the technical details >

[Jose Berardo]

I believe that your browser is sending en_US in its Accept-Language header.
The Accept-Language is the major precedence information about locales. To use another you need the f:view or programatically change the ViewRoot's locale attribute:

   FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().setLocale(myBeansLocaleSuppliedByTheUser);  

I'm having a problem closed to yours. If you solve yours, please take a look at mine: https://coderanch.com/t/515506/JSF/java/problems-JSF

[Brendan Healey]

Try it without the country specific detail. You're definitely on the right track, perhaps your
browser settings are incorrect (preferred languages).