How to use UTF-8 in resource properties with ResourceBundle

Question

I need to use UTF-8 in my resource properties using Java\'s ResourceBundle. When I enter the text directly into the properties file, it displays as mojibake.

Answer 1

look at this : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#load(java.io.Reader)

the properties accept an Reader object as arguments, which you can create from an InputStream.

at the create time, you can specify the encoding of the Reader:

InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream, "UTF-8");

then apply this Reader to the load method :

prop.load(isr);

BTW: get the stream from .properties file :

 InputStream stream = this.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("a.properties");

BTW: get resource bundle from InputStreamReader:

ResourceBundle rb = new PropertyResourceBundle(isr);

hope this can help you !