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

java resourcebundle
user143794 picture user143794 · Jul 23, 2009 · Viewed 219.3k times · Source

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

c:/temp/mybundle.txt

How do I load this file into a java.util.ResourceBundle? The file is a valid resource bundle.

This does not seem to work:

java.net.URL resourceURL = null;

String path = "c:/temp/mybundle.txt";
java.io.File fl = new java.io.File(path);

try {
   resourceURL = fl.toURI().toURL();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {             
}           

URLClassLoader urlLoader = new URLClassLoader(new java.net.URL[]{resourceURL});
java.util.ResourceBundle bundle = java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle( path , 
                java.util.Locale.getDefault(), urlLoader );

Answer

Forge_7 picture Forge_7 · Mar 27, 2013

As long as you name your resource bundle files correctly (with a .properties extension), then this works:

File file = new File("C:\\temp");
URL[] urls = {file.toURI().toURL()};
ClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(urls);
ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("myResource", Locale.getDefault(), loader);

where "c:\temp" is the external folder (NOT on the classpath) holding the property files, and "myResource" relates to myResource.properties, myResource_fr_FR.properties, etc.

Credit to http://www.coderanch.com/t/432762/java/java/absolute-path-bundle-file

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