1/
How about several files under A directory:
B.properties
B_en.properties
B_de.properties
B_fr.properties
and so on...
Can you see it, that you have a problem.
2/
How about a file name as extra init parameter that has names of all properties
files that you want to "combine". But this becomes a little complicated when you
think about different languages.
Maya
Ken Beyer wrote:
> Ken Beyer wrote:
>
> > > Anyone have a snippet of a build.xml that's does this "combining" of
> > > the properties files?
> >
>
> I appologize for beating this thread to death, but I want to mention 2
> more things.
>
> 1) I think I found another way to merge multiple
> properties files (if anyone cares :-). I could write my own
> MessageResourcesFactory class and pass that in via the "factory"
> init-param of my web.xml file. My home-grown class could do something
> like merge all properties files found under a directory, and either throw
> an exception on duplicates, or simply ignore repeats.
>
> 2) Is it possible to change "application" (init-param) to somehow
> suck in a HashMap of MessageResources? Maybe through
> multiple init-params or a properties file containing pointers to other
> properties files. Then I'd call something like getMessage("imagebundle",
> "go.away.button", arg1), or perhaps use a static
> getMessageResourcesByMap("imagebundle"). Also when using struts
> taglibs, when I send - bundle="imagebundle", it would use it as
> a key into the HashMap of MessageResources. Does this sound feasable
> or even needed?
>
> Looking at the Struts code, it looks like it might be too much to introduce, but
> just thought I'd mention it.
>
> Ken
