FacesMessages
First of all, nice work on integrating the Internationalization features.
A couple of suggestions:
1) Can you make it more lenient when a message does not exist in the resource bundle. Currently it gives a stack trace, it would be more forgiving for it to show the name of the missing resource as per JSF and MyFaces e.g. ??? applicationTitle ???
2) Can you make it search for resources in more than one messages.properties file. I currently have a cascading resource bundle scheme, where if it doesn't find a resource in the current applications bundle, it then delegates to a shared bundle. This allows global resources, such as copyright messages, to be changed in one place only.
Here's how it hangs together:
In the application I have:
MessageBundle.class
Messages.properties
I reference the properties file from the faces-config.xml:
<message-bundle>uk.co.mclgroup.ncc.resources.MessageBundle</message-bundle>
The application MessageBundle.class is as follows:
public class MessageBundle extends shared.MessageBundle {
public MessageBundle() {
super(MessageBundle.class);
}
}
The application Messages.properties contains application specific resources:
applicationName=My Test Application
In the shared JAR I have:
MessageBundle.class
Messages.properties
The shared MessageBundle.class is as follows:
public abstract class MessageBundle extends ResourceBundle {
private ResourceBundle bundle;
protected MessageBundle(Class clazz) {
super();
bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(clazz.getPackage().getName() + ".Messages");
setParent(ResourceBundle.getBundle(MessageBundle.class.getPackage().getName() + ".Messages"));
}
protected Object handleGetObject(String key) {
Object obj = null;
try {
obj = bundle.getObject(key);
} catch (MissingResourceException e) {
}
return obj;
}
public Enumeration getKeys() {
return bundle.getKeys();
}
}
The shared Messages.properties contains common resources:
copyright=Copyright © 2006 My Company Name
version=Version: #{initParam.version}