struts internationalization problem

[subhanair girish]

I have an application that must switch between English & german.

I have two options English and german in the home page.
I have used Dispatch action for both.This is my dispatch action class

public class LocaleSelectionAction extends DispatchAction{
 

HttpSession session;

public ActionForward Deutsch(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
 

System.out.println("In deutsch");
request.getSession().setAttribute(org.apache.struts.Globals.LOCALE_KEY, Locale.GERMAN );
System.out.println("locale:"+request.getSession().getAttribute(org.apache.struts.Globals.LOCALE_KEY));

 

        return mapping.findForward("Deutsch");
 
}
 
public ActionForward English(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{

 

System.out.println(" In English");
request.getSession().setAttribute(org.apache.struts.Globals.LOCALE_KEY, Locale.ENGLISH );
System.out.println("locale:"+request.getSession().getAttribute(org.apache.struts.Globals.LOCALE_KEY));

 
return mapping.findForward("English");
 
}
}
 

In struts-config

 
<action path="/localeSelection"
type="com.sf.action.LocaleSelectionAction" parameter="parameter"
input="home.jsp"
name="dispatchParameterForm">
<forward name="Deutsch"
path="/home.jsp" />
<forward name="English"
path="/home.jsp" />
</action>
 
</action-mappings>
<message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources_en" />
 <message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources_de" /> 
 

i have set <html:html locale="true"> in all jsp pages.

Please help me in this..The problem is when I am loading the page, everything comes in german. the language switching is not happening.

Please help me in this....

[Merrill Higginson]

When you define the message resources, it should not contain a language suffix. Even though you have properties files with different language suffixes, the definition should be without a suffix. Change your struts-config.xml file to:

<message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources" />

[subhanair girish]

Thanks for your reply.
I have changed the struts-config.xml but it is not working yet.
I have put only one reference in struts-config,

<message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources" />

Still it is displaying everything in english, noswitching takes place.
please help me in this....

[subhanair girish]

Hello,

can anybody help me in this switching between german - english in struts application..I desperately need a solutiion...Please help me in this....

[subhanair girish]

I have changed my action classes

 

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
import javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.Config;
 
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
import org.apache.struts.Globals;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction;
 
public class LocaleSelectionAction extends Action{
 
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception {
 

HttpSession session = request.getSession( );
Locale locale = getLocale(request);

String language = null;
String country = null;
String variant = null;
String page = null;
 

language = (String) PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(form,"language");
country = (String) PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(form,"country");
variant = (String) PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(form,"variant");
page = (String) PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(form, "page");
 
System.out.println("language :" +language);
System.out.println("country :" +country);

boolean isLanguage = language != null && language.length( ) > 0;
boolean isCountry  = country != null && country.length( ) > 0;
boolean isVariant  = variant != null && variant.length( ) > 0;
 
if ( isLanguage && isCountry && isVariant ) {
locale = new java.util.Locale(language, country, variant);
} else if ( isLanguage && isCountry ) {
locale = new java.util.Locale(language, country);
} else if ( isLanguage ) {
locale = new java.util.Locale(language, "");
}
 
// reset the Struts locale
session.setAttribute(Globals.LOCALE_KEY, locale);
System.out.println("session locale value:"+ session.getAttribute(Globals.LOCALE_KEY));
ResourceBundle message = ResourceBundle.getBundle("ApplicationResources",locale);
System.out.println("messages:"+message.getString("page.Home"));
if (null==page || "".equals(page))
return mapping.findForward("home");
else
return mapping.findForward("home");
}
 
}

My jsp page

<html:html lang="true">
 
<body bgcolor="#c8ddfc" style="margin-left: 0px">
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0">
<tr height="100px" bgcolor="#67a0e5">
<img src="images/home.jpg" />
 
Locale
<br />
<br />
 
<html:link action="/ChangeLocale?language=en&country=US">
  English
</html:link>
<br />
<html:link action="/ChangeLocale?language=de&country=DE">
  Deutsch
</html:link><br/>
<bean:message key="page.button"/><input type="text" name="login"/>
<br />
<!-- <html:link style="text-decoration: none"
action="/localeSelection.do?parameter=Deutsch">Deutsch </html:link>
<br />
<html:link style="text-decoration: none"
action="/localeSelection.do?parameter=English">English</html:link>
        -->
</tr>
<tr>
 
</tr>
</table>
 
</body>
 
</html:html>

Struts-config.xml

<action path="/ChangeLocale" name="LocaleForm" scope="request" type="com.sf.action.LocaleSelectionAction"
input="home.jsp">
       <forward name="home" path="/home.jsp"></forward>
    </action>
 
<controller locale="false"/>
<message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources_de_DE" null="false" />
 <message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources_en_US" null ="false"/> 

ApplicationResources_de_DE

page.button=Anmeldung
page.Home=Haus

ApplicationResources_en_US

page.button=Login
page.Home=Home

please help me in this, the language switching is not happening. I am getting the messages read from the action class, and new locale is set in the session in action class.but when i click the link the page is not changing the locale.

[Jimmy Clark]

// reset the Struts locale
session.setAttribute(Globals.LOCALE_KEY, locale);

I think the Struts framework, by default, gets the locale from the users browser for each request. It would not check session attributes for the current locale.

<forward name="home" path="/home.jsp"></forward>

Try to forward to a different page rather than the input page to the action.
[ October 06, 2008: Message edited by: James Clark ]

[subhanair girish]

I have forwarded to a different page but it is not getting..the switching is still not done

[Jimmy Clark]

Which browser are you testing with? Have you tried this code with other browsers, e.g. Firefox, Chrome?

[Hari Kammana]

Rename your Resource bundle names to

ApplicationResources_de.properties
and
ApplicationResources_en.properties

I tested it, its working for me.