I am trying to configure internationalized messages using the following guide http://docs.jboss.org/seam/3/solder/latest/reference/en-US/html_single/#implementation-classes

My Idea is to bind @MessageBundle interface with .i18n.properties file.

However I can't make the configuration work properly.

I created mypackage.ValidationMessages interface:

@MessageBundle

public interface ValidationMessages

{

    String testMessage();

}

In the same package I created the properties file ValidationMessages.i18n.properties

The file contains a single line:

testMessage=This is test message

According to the documentation I would expect that my interface method will be bound to the constant from i18n.properties file.

But when I try to compile I get an error:

error: All message bundles and message logger messageMethods must have or inherit a message.

Which means that I probably should add @Message annotation to my method testMessage().

When I do that, it compiles fine. But when I use interface ValidationMessages from my beans, I see only the hardcoded text - not from the properties file.

I would appreciate any advice on how this setup can be configured properly.

I am using Seam 3.1.0.Final