--- James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 14 July 2003 03:26, Duan Qiang wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I posted a question but seems nobody replied.
>
> That usually indicated a lack of "interest", not a lack of "concern".
>
> > Anyone tried to define a
> > subclass of ResourceBundle and use it in Struts?
>
> None that I'm aware of. There are several reasons for Craig's decision
> not to
> use ResourceBundle for application messaging when he originally wrote
> Struts.
> For more details on that decision, search the archives.
The only reason I can remember is that ResourceBundle is frustratingly not
Serializable, making it unsuitable for webapp message passing.
David
>
> >
> > For a standalone program, it's straightforward to use sel-defined
> > resourcebundle classes, for example,
> >
> > public class MyResourceBundle extends ResourceBundle
> > {
> > public Object handleGetObject()
> > ...
> > public Enumeration getKeys()
> > }
> >
> > //use the subclass
> > ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("MyResourceBundle");
> >
> > However, when I specify the resource name as "MyResourceBundle",
> Struts can
> > not find the message bundle although my class MyResourceBundle is on
> > classpath.
> >
> > It's possible to replace <bean:message> tag using my own methods,
> however,
> > the action controller I uses is an instance of DispatchAction, which
> will
> > match a method name with the message bundle key, for example,
> "button.next"
> > matches to the function "doNext" and so on.
> >
> > So I can could totally avoid using struts message functionaliity, or
> how I
> > can use my own ResourceBundle?
>
> Writing your own extension of MessageResource is very simple. Checkout
> these
> 4 classes to see how its done:
> org.apache.struts.util.MessageResourcesFactory.java
> org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources.java
> org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResourcesFactory.java
> org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources.java
>
> Although, keep in mind that we will be deprecating this api and using
> "Resources" from Commons (it is currently in the sandbox, but will be
> released soon I'm sure)
>
> >
> > THx,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > dq
>
>
>
> --
> James Mitchell
> Software Developer/Struts Evangelist
> http://www.struts-atlanta.org
> 678-910-8017
> AIM:jmitchtx
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
http://sbc.yahoo.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
