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

For what it's worth my issue was that the files themselves were in the wrong encoding. Using iconv worked for me

iconv -f ISO-8859-15 -t UTF-8  messages_nl.properties > messages_nl.properties.new