Using LanguageMap in an MBean

Hi all,
I posted a similar question to weblogic.developer.interest.security but somebody suggested that this post would be better suited for this forum:
We're developing an Authentication provider for WebLogic 8.1. We would like to have our Authentication Provider MBean support multiple languages. I've experimented with the LanguageMap attribute (a BEA-specific attribute, apparently) but with no success. Has anybody been able to get these to work?
The spec states that the path should be fully qualified, which I take to mean that it needs to be an absolute path. I found this to be a bit unreasonable but tried it nonetheless. Unfortunately, it did not work.
I've also tried specifying the path in Java-style resource bundle form (eg// com.mycompany.mypackage.myresources) and relative paths but, again, with no success.
I pack the resource file with the authentication mbean jar.
Some examples of what I've done:
(absolute path case, where I just copied my resources file to somewhere on my comp):
<MBeanAttribute
Name = "BDOption"
LanguageMap = "c:/dev/BDResources.properties"
DisplayName = "option.bdoption"
Type = "java.lang.String"
Writeable = "true"
Default = ""Default Value""
/>
(java resource bundle case):
<MBeanAttribute
Name = "BDOption"
LanguageMap = "com.mycompany.mypackage.BDResources"
DisplayName = "option.bdoption"
Type = "java.lang.String"
Writeable = "true"
Default = ""Default Value""
/>
My resource file has only the following entry:
option.bdoption=Brian's Option
But the option will always appear as "BDOption" rather than "Brian's Option"
Any help would be appreciated,
Brian

Hi Satya, thanks for the response.
So, despite the fact that LanguageMap is a documented property for BEA-specific MBeans, it's not actually supported? That'd be odd and disappointing but, so far, I haven't seen anything that would indicate otherwise.
The reference is here:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/dvspisec/mdf_ref.html#1047007
Anybody have any suggestions as to what would be a good method to support multiple languages in my MBean?

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Hi all,
I couldn't find a BEA MBean-specific forum, so I'll post this here and hope you can point me to the correct people to talk to.
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"Satya Ghattu" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Jordan,
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