Localizing Properties with a Finite Number of Values

This chapter shows, by means of a sample, how to localize the values of a property with a finite number of values.

As our sample property we choose request workflow activity state. The state of an activity is one of

First, define a message prefix for the property, let’s say

The prefix should be unique in file text.properties.

Then, for each supported language, assign a localized text to each property value in file

WEB-INF/classes/resources/languages/<language>/text.properties.

The key for each value is

<message prefix>.<lower case property value>.

Let’s for example define the following english texts for the workflow activity states:

Finally, assign the prefix to the messagePrefix attribute of each form-property and data-property element for the property, e.g.

and