Localizing Messages with a property-file type resource bundle
/* MyResources_en.properties: hello=Hello bye=Goodbye MyResources_fr.properties: hello=Bonjour bye=Au Revoir A base name and desired locale is specified. The system looks in the classpath for a file whose name matches one of the following patterns in order: basename_locale.properties basename.properties basename_defaultLocale.properties Given the base name MyResources, a locale of fr, and a default locale of en, the system first looks for MyResources_fr.properties MyResources.properties MyResources_en.properties */ import java.util.Locale; import java.util.ResourceBundle; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { String baseName = "MyResources"; ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName); String key = "hello"; String s = rb.getString(key); // Hello System.out.println(s); key = "bye"; s = rb.getString(key); // Goodbye // Get the resource bundle for a specific locale rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName, Locale.FRENCH); key = "hello"; s = rb.getString(key); // Bonjour System.out.println(s); key = "bye"; s = rb.getString(key); // Au Revoir System.out.println(s); } }