How do I use a bean to determine which message bundle value to use?

Question

Is there a way to use a bean to determine which message from my message bundle I use? I want to be able to call my bean in JSF/JSP page, have the bean return a String, and use that String to pick a message from my message bundle properties file. Now I can do this:
<h:outputText value="#{bundle.messageA}" />or this:
<h:outputText value="#{bean.messageName}" />where I have a method on the bean like this:
public String getMessageName(){
     if(someTest == true){
          return "messageA";
     } else {
          return "messageB";
}I want to combine the two so my bean determines which message I pick. I want to do this because I want to keep all the text a user sees in the message bundle file. However, based on the state of the bean, I want to display different messages.
Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

Ah this way. So you want that much of nasty if statements in the bean instead? ;)
Then make use of the fact that you also can access Map values using the brace notation. E.g.
<h:outputText value="#{bundle[bean.messageKey]}"/>Where getMessageKey() returns the message key, e.g. 'messageA' or 'messageB' and so on.