[i18n]从类路径中加载资源包

Question

I am trying to load a .properties file from some folder other than the classpath of my project for my ResourceBundle loading for internationalization. I have a structure like this:

MyProject
    |
     - src
       |
        -com
         |
          -company
             |
              -UI
              -launcher
              -resources
                   |
                    -i18n.properties
                    -i18n_en_US.properties
                    -i18n_es_ES.properties
                    -i18n_zh_CN.properties

Obviously, it's clearer than putting all i18n files under the same level as src folder. So, how can I load them? More precisely, in the line of loading my resource bundle, how shall I put the baseName part?

bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName,localeInSettings);

I have seen answers around, but not so clear. As I find something, I come to share it with all and make it clearer.

Answer 1

It's still in the classpath. Just not in the default package. So the base name should be

com.company.resources.i18n

Answer 2

As the experiments proved, the both forms work:

com/WindThunderStudio/resources/i18n

And,

com.WindThunderStudio.resources.i18n

First, it is different from loading normal properties files, you don't note your absolute path with "/" before complete path.

Second, the first form works as we all expected, because baseName expected "full qualified names", that is, path with ".". As the second form, we can quote from JavaDoc page of ResourceBundle :

Note:The baseName argument should be a fully qualified class name. However, for compatibility with earlier versions, Sun's Java SE Runtime Environments do not verify this, and so it is possible to access PropertyResourceBundles by specifying a path name (using "/") instead of a fully qualified class name (using ".").