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Creating a Message Bundle

BEA recommends that you define all of the text strings that your Administration Console extension displays in a message bundle. A message bundle is a collection of text files (properties files) that contain key-value pairs (properties). You create one properties file for each language or locale that you want to support. If you name the properties file per a set of file-naming conventions, the Administration Console displays strings from the properties file whose locale matches the Web browser's locale setting.

 

Create a Message Bundle

To create a message bundle:

  1. Create a text file that contains name-value pairs for each string you want to display. Use the equal sign (=) as the delimiter between the name and value, and place each property on its own line.

    2. For example:
    myextension.myTab.introduction=This page provides monitoring data for my application.
    myextension.myTab.TotalServletHits.label=Total hits for my servlet.

  2. Save the file as root-dir/WEB-INF/classes/bundle.properties where
    • root-dir is the root directory of your extension
    • bundle is a unique value (do not use global, which is the name of a WebLogic Server bundle). Consider using your company name as the value for bundle.

      • The bundle.properties file is the default file that the Administration Console uses if the Web browser or the JVM have not specified a locale. It is a required file.

  3. Save each localized version of the properties file as root-dir/WEB-INF/classes/bundle_locale.properties

    4. where locale is a locale code supported by java.util.Locale. See Locale in the J2SE API Specification.

    For example, mycompany_ja.properties.

For information about using message bundles, see Use a Message Bundle for Your Look and Feel and Create and Use a Message Bundle in Your JSPs.


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