Clearing resource bundle cache - can it be done? how?

Question

How can I refresh/clear the resource bundle cache?
I'm using JDK1.6 (under Tomact), been trying to use the ResourceBundle.clearCache(); method as indicated in the [International Enhancements in Java SE 6|http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javase/i18n_enhance/#cache-expire] article with no effect.
Code example:
ResourceBundle.clearCache();
ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("conf.L10N.portal", ServletActionContext.getContext().getLocale());
...Change the resource bundle file made no effect and the same values kept coming from the cache.
Does the clearCache method works? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
Elad

Answer 1

This works for me:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class ResourceBundleTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        ResourceBundle res = ResourceBundle.getBundle("res");
        System.out.println(res.getString("foo"));
        System.out.print("edit properties then type any char:");
        int ch = System.in.read();
        ResourceBundle.clearCache();
        res = ResourceBundle.getBundle("res");
        System.out.println(res.getString("foo"));
}Could you need the version that takes a class loader? Have you tried using timetolive?