Locale-specific JSP page

Question

Hi,
I want to provide internationalization in my web tier by providing locale-specific JSP pages rather than using resource bundles for the content inside the JSP page.
In other words, I'd like to have a folder structure such that I have a default .jsp file in the root folder and locale-specific .jsp files under the locale folders as following:
  /jsp
      /index.jsp
      /en_US/
             index.jsp
      /en_GB/
             index.jspAnd depending on the default locale of the server (not user's). I'd like the appropriate index.jsp to be picked up at runtime.
If the above is not possible, I even wouldn't mind using a locale suffix for the JSP files:
  /jsp
      /index.jsp
      /index_en_US.jsp
      /index_en_GB.jspIs there any way to do this?
Thanks, Rishabh

Answer 1

Well yeah, I did want the server to pick up the "best fit" JSP page automatically, going from specific to general. So if /en_US/index.jsp is missing, it should default to /index.jspSomewhat like how ResourceBundle handles property files.
This approach is suggested in the Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform book in the J2EE Internalization and Localization (http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications_2e/i18n/i18n4.html) section 10.3.3.5 - Locale-Specific JSP Pages. Of course here they use the users's locale from the request to do this. But using the default locale of the server should pretty much be the same thing.
If the above doesn't really work, can anyone suggest how I can hook into the request handler or write a custom servlet filter as suggested by Ram to do this at a framework level so that it works for all my pages?
Thanks, Rishabh