Spring message from properties file

Question

In Spring i need to show message in my ftl file. i am using

<@spring.message "property_name">

and the message comes from my properties file.

i need the mssage like

"Message_content_link"

the test link will be a url which will point to another page. i tried like

properties file

message_content=Message_content
message_link=link

ftl file

<@spring.message "message_content" htmlEscaspe="false"><a href="#url_page"><@spring.message "message_link"></a>

Answer 1

FreeMarker now includes the option to expose the Spring Macro Helpers. In your WebMVC config, add resolver.setExposeSpringMacroHelpers(true);

Now in your *.ftl file, you can call springMacroRequestContext.getMessage(code, argsArray, "", escapeHtml)

You can then just assign this to a shorthand function:

<#function msg code args=[] escapeHtml=true>

    <#local argsArray = [] />

    <#if args?is_string>
        <#local argsArray = [args] />
    <#elseif args?is_sequence>
        <#local argsArray = args />
    <#else>
        <#return "" />
    </#if>

    <#return springMacroRequestContext.getMessage(code, argsArray, "", escapeHtml) />

</#function>

See an example here: https://github.com/edendramis/freemarker-example/