willCode4Beer

Hidden Gems Notes

"classpath:" vs "classpath*:"
In the first, it gets the first classpath root only.
The second will check all classpath roots.

Both support patterns
"classpath:mypackage/*.xml"
"classpath*:mypackage/*.xml"
I will probably avoid the wild card pattern bit because of my preference for explicit definitions. Still, good stuff for parallel classpaths and resource roots.
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Advanced Resource Bundles

ResourceBundleMessageSource: uses java.util.ResourceBundle, can load from multiple bundle basenames, can handle message arguments via java.text.MessageFormat
ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource, think resource bundles that can be reloaded at runtime. woohoo! has configurable caching and refresh.
Sample definition:

<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource">
<property name="basename" value="classpath:myBundle1,classpath:myBundle2" />
<property name="cacheSeconds" value="1" />
<property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
<property name="fileEncodings">
<value>
/WEB-INF/myBundle2_en=ISO-8859-1
</value>
</property>
</bean>

Note: storing reloadable resources in the classpath may not be the best practice. But, probably use in a dev environment tied to a server. Just change before go-live.
The encoding stuf is good but, anybody working for me will save EVERYTHING as UTF-8 if they know whats good for them
;)

ServletRequestDataBinder - I need to investigate this more

posted by willCode4Beer @ 8:56 AM