How to load a resource bundle from a file resource in Java?

Question

I have a file called mybundle.txt in c:/temp -

c:/temp/mybundle.txt

How do I load this file into a java.util.Res

Answer 1

I would prefer to use the resourceboundle class to load the properties - just to get it done in one line instead of 5 lines code through stream, Properties class and load().

FYI ....

    public void init(ServletConfig servletConfig) throws ServletException {
    super.init(servletConfig);

    try {

            /*** Type1 */
        Properties props = new Properties();

        String fileName = getServletContext().getRealPath("WEB-INF/classes/com/test/my.properties");
    //          stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName);
    //          stream = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("WEB-INF/class/com/test/my.properties");  

        InputStream stream = getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/classes/com/test/my.properties");

  //        props.load(new FileInputStream(fileName));
        props.load(stream);

        stream.close();
        Iterator keyIterator = props.keySet().iterator();
        while(keyIterator.hasNext()) {
                String key = (String) keyIterator.next();
                String value = (String) props.getProperty(key);
                System.out.println("key:" + key + " value: " + value);
        }

  /*** Type2:  */
  // Just get it done in one line by rb instead of 5 lines to load the properties
  // WEB-INF/classes/com/test/my.properties file            
  //            ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.test.my", Locale.ENGLISH, getClass().getClassLoader());
        ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.ibm.multitool.customerlogs.ui.nl.redirect");
        Enumeration<String> keys = rb.getKeys();
        while(keys.hasMoreElements()) {
            String key = keys.nextElement();
            System.out.println(key + " - " + rb.getObject(key));
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new ServletException("Error loading config.", e);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new ServletException("Error loading config.", e);
    }       

}

Answer 2

If you wanted to load message files for different languages, just use the shared.loader= of catalina.properties... for more info, visit http://theswarmintelligence.blogspot.com/2012/08/use-resource-bundle-messages-files-out.html