Hi Adam,
you could/should use: #{messages[color.key]}
hope this helps,
Imre
On 04.04.2007, at 16:17, Adam Brod wrote:
>
> Hi-
>
> We've got some Enums in our backend code. We need to display those
> enums in an i18n way. I was thinking of having the Enum return a
> String message key. For example, the enums could implement this
> interface:
>
> public interface I18n {
> /** @return key to a property bundle */
> public String getKey();
> }
>
> public enum Color implements I18n {
> RED("colors.red"),
> BLUE("colors.blue");
>
> private String key;
> public Color(String key) { this.key = key; }
> public String getKey() { return this.key; }
> }
>
> Then, in my page I want to be able to use an EL expression to get
> the message key from the object. For example:
>
> <ui:iterate var="color" value="#{controller.colors}">
> <li>#{messages.color.key}</li>
> </ui:iterate>
>
> However, this tries to load the message key "color.key" not
> "colors.red". Is there a way I can get the EL to evaluate the
> section after messages as another expression? Alternately, is
> there a more standard way to use Enums with interationalization?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam Brod
> Product Development Team
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