BUG: Cannot Access Properties File with ResourceBundle (327329)

RESOLUTION

• Use the PropertyResourceBundle class to manage the resources. PropertyResourceBundle requires an InputStream. Therefore, for localized resources, you must calculate the localized name of the resource. For example, replace the code

  String name = "MyResources"; 
  ResourceBundle propertyBundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(name, locale);

  with the following:

  String name = "MyResources"; 
  if (!Locale.ENGLISH.equals(locale)) name += "_" + locale; 
  // Load resource as inputStream. 
  java.io.InputStream is = testProperties.class.getResourceAsStream(name+".properties"); 
  // Construct PropertyResourceBundle 
  PropertyResourceBundle propertyBundle = new PropertyResourceBundle(is); 
  // Here, if you give a ResourceBundle Object, you cannot gain access to the handleGetObject method 
  // because it is protected in ResourceBundle while it is public in PropertyResourceBundle. 
  // You must have access to this method.

• Provide a ResourceBundle subclass that manages your resources. Instead of using an external property file, create a class that inherits from ResourceBundle. The following subclass example contains the bundle named MyResources. For localized resources, there are additional subclasses that are named by using the extension of the locale. For example, the German subclass is named MyResources_de.

  public class MyResources extends ResourceBundle 
   {
       public Object handleGetObject(String key) 
       {
           if (key.equals("s1")) return "String1";
           if (key.equals("s2")) return "String2";
   	 return null;
       }
   }