Hi Community,
I've a nasty problem getting localization inside a JSF protlet to work correctly.
I was trying to get the hook method running but with partial success...
This is my liferay-hook.xml:
<!--?xml version="1.0"?-->
<hook>
<language-properties>content/Language_en_US.properties</language-properties>
<language-properties>content/Language_de_DE.properties</language-properties>
<language-properties>content/Language_fr_FR.properties</language-properties>
</hook>
I placed the resource files inside Eclipse IDE under the folder:
src/main/resources/content/ which then get deploed to WEB-INF/classes/content
This is ok so far. The strange behaviour is as follows:
-- When I alter the language settings on the front end e.g. via the language selector protlet only the contents of Language_de_DE.properties are shown, no matter which language I choose.
I've restarted Liferay 7 serveral times, cleard browser chache, removed and added my "my_jsfportlet" several times. The outcome is still the same.
One important note to mention - The Language_de_DE.properties is reflecting changes, so e.g. when I alter key/vlaues inside of this file they are shon correctly on the front end.
Here's my view.xhtml from "my_jsfportlet":
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:alloy="http://liferay.com/faces/alloy" xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core" xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head>
<h:outputstylesheet library="css" name="main.css" />
</h:head>
<alloy:form>
<h:messages globalOnly="true" />
<alloy:outputlabel value="#{i18n['enter-name']}" />
<h:inputtext value="#{backingBean.name}" />
<h:commandbutton actionlistener="#{backingBean.submit}" value="#{i18n['submit']}">
<f:ajax execute="@form" render="@form" />
</h:commandbutton>
<br>
<h:outputtext value="Hello #{backingBean.name}" />
</alloy:form>
<!-- Example#3: Styling via value attribute (Note: This can only be used if the component does not have any -->
<!-- children and the component does not specify an image) -->
<alloy:form>
<alloy:button value="1234" outcome="view2" />
</alloy:form>
<alloy:outputlabel>Current Locale: #{backingBean.locale}</alloy:outputlabel>
</ui:composition>
I also tried to identify the current locale setting inside my backing bean. The loacle is correctly set whenever I toggle the language selector protlet.
Here's the "BackingBean":
@RequestScoped
@ManagedBean
public class BackingBean {
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( BackingBean.class );
private String name;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public void submit(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
FacesContextHelperUtil.addGlobalSuccessInfoMessage();
}
public void PageCodeBase() {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().setLocale(getLocale());
}
public Locale getLocale() {
Locale loc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestLocale();
logger.debug("Method: getLocale() called....returning: " + loc);
return loc;
}
}
Any hint heavily appreciated!
CU
It works!