The message Tag

The message tag is used to output localized strings. The following tag from tut-install/javaeetutorial5/examples/web/bookstore4/web/books/bookcatalog.jsp is used to output a string inviting customers to choose a book from the catalog.

<h3><fmt:message key="Choose"/></h3>

The param subtag provides a single argument (for parametric replacement) to the compound message or pattern in its parent message tag. One param tag must be specified for each variable in the compound message or pattern. Parametric replacement takes place in the order of the param tags.