Localize error messages thrown by a backing validation bean

Question

My validation BEAN is as follows:
package oracle.fod.validator;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.validator.Validator;
import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;
import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
public class FileNameValidator {
public FileNameValidator() {
public void inputText_validator(FacesContext facesContext,
UIComponent uIComponent, Object object) {
FacesMessage fm = new FacesMessage();
fm.setDetail("Test");
ValidatorException ve = new ValidatorException(fm);
throw ve;
How can I externalize (potentially grabbing a value from a resource bundle) within the validation method?
I have resource bundles already configured for my static content and would like to reuse these if possible for error messages.

Answer 1

Hi Hamoncules,
You can try the following:
       public static String getLocalisedMessage(String messageKey){
                ResourceBundle bundle= ResourceBundle.getBundle("fully-qualified-name-of-the-resource-bundle-file",
                                                        ((UIViewRoot)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot()).getLocale());
                            //Here 'fully-qualified-name-of-the-resource-bundle-file' can be com.company.product.module.ui.errorMessages
                            //which means the errorMessages .properties file is kept at the location
                           //com/company/product/module/ui directory under classpath,which ususally is under web-inf/classes;
                           //infact you can use multiple resource bundles by taking in  the bundle name as an argument to this method
                String message=null;
                if(bundle!=null){
                     try{
                            bundle.getString(messageKey);
                      }catch(MissingResourceException mre){
                           Logger.getLogger(this.class.getName()).log("Could not find message for the given key : " +messageKey, Level.FINE );
                 }else{
                          Logger.getLogger(this.class.getName()).log("Could not find resource bundle : " +
                                                  'fully-qualified-name-of-the-resource-bundle-file' , Level.SEVERE );
       //You can call this method from any of your backing beans by passing in the key of the message to get a localised valueRegards,
Samba