1. JSF Portlet Message Bundles
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2. Objective The goal of this tutorial is to : Create a message bundles
language.properties
Modify UI Components to use the Message Bundle
index.jsp

3. Language.properties
Create …/ext/portlets/library_jsf_portlet.war/WEB_INF/classes/Language.properties:
add_a_book_entry_to_the_library=Add a Book Entry to the Library
add_book=Add Book
book_title=Book Title
display_books=Display Books
simple_jsf_portlet=Simple JSF Portlet

4. index.jsp
taglib uri=" prefix="f" %>
taglib uri=" prefix="h" %>
<f:view>
<f:loadBundle basename="Language" var="msgs" />
<h1>
<h:outputText value="#{msgs.simple_jsf_portlet}" />
</h1>
<h3>
<h:outputText value="#{msgs.add_a_book_entry_to_the_library}:" />
</h3>

5. <h:form>
<h:messages
infoClass="portlet-msg-success"
errorClass="portlet-msg-error" />
<br/>
<h:outputText value="#{msgs.book_title}:" />
<h:inputText id="bookTitle" value="#{book.title}" required="true">
<f:validateLength minimum="2" maximum="30" />
</h:inputText>
<h:commandButton actionListener="#{book.addBook}" value="#{msgs.add_book}" />
<h:commandButton action="#{book.displayBooks}" value="#{msgs.display_books}" immediate="true" />
</h:form>
</f:view>

6. Deploy the Files to Tomcat
Compile
Deploy
Refresh
Verify

7. Final Steps Restart Tomcat
Open up a new browser and type LOGIN: PASSWORD: test

8. Revision History Jerry Niu 9/7/2006-9/11/2006
- Slide create and updates
Scott Lee 10/30/2006
- updated slides to include permissions fields in service.xml
Scott Lee 12/9/2006
- corrected code for success.jsp
James Min 01/17/2007
- Convert for JSF