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Asked: 2026-06-14T00:04:42+00:00

I’m using a resourcebundle to read a properties file based on locale. (Lang_en_US.properties, ..)

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I’m using a resourcebundle to read a properties file based on locale. (Lang_en_US.properties, ..)

The resourcebundle is read as iso-8859-1 (standard?).

ResourceBundle rb= ResourceBundle.getBundle("Lang", locale);

The resourcebundle is then used throughout the Spring/JSF web-application to generate the front-end text.

<h:outputText value="#{msg['message.example']}" />

But I believe this is irrelevant, as debugging shows that the text is already gibberish right after rb getMessage is called.

// returns gibberish:
log.trace(rb.getMessage("l_SampleText"));
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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe you are correct in assuming the resourcebundle is read in as iso-8859-1.
    Javadoc of Properties class
    (source)

    Are you sure your properties file is saved under the iso-8859-1 format?
    I believe Notepad++ provides the functionality to at least check the encoding, if not convert it.

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