Message catalogs vs. straight resource bundles

Hello,
I'm just starting to investigate someof WebLogic's internationalization features,
and I'm trying to decide what the benefits would be for using the i18n features
instead of straight Java resource bundles.
Basically, I'm looking for a way to externalize all of our error messages, exceptions,
and GUI elements (like text labels). This will be a Struts application, using
Struts validation. Internationalization itself is a goal, but it is not the driving
factor for externalizing all of our message strings.
I'm seeing to benefits to using the WebLogic i18n functionality. First, all of
the "resource strings" are specified in an XML document that can be validated
and is possibly easier to maintain. Second, accessing these strings becomes a
call to individual methods of a automatically generated TextFormatter class, thereby
freeing client code from having to directly access resource bundles.
Are there any other benefits to using this? I'm just wondering if these benefits
are really worth it, or if it's overkill.
Thanks for the help.
- Jeff

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=677420&messageID=9483204
go through this link...

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[svn:fx-trunk] 12399: Flex changes for adding in a resource bundle so that the OSMF RTE messages will be localized for Flex .

Revision: 12399
Revision: 12399
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-02 16:22:43 -0800 (Wed, 02 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Flex changes for adding in a resource bundle so that the OSMF RTE messages will be localized for Flex.
QE notes: -
Doc notes: -
Bugs: -
Reviewer: Gordon
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: No
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