Enable the i18n EL keyword to lookup internationalized messages from a <resource-bundle> defined in portlet.xml

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: bridge-impl-2.0.0, bridge-impl-3.0.0, bridge-impl-4.0.0, bridge-impl-5.0.0, bridge-impl-6.0.0
• Component/s: Liferay Faces Bridge Impl / Demos / Tests
• Labels: None

Developers can use a standard feature of the WEB-INF/portlet.xml descriptor to register an internationalized resource-bundle. For example:

src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<portlet-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd" version="2.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd">
	<portlet>
		...
		<resource-bundle>Language</resource-bundle>
		...
	</portlet>
</portlet-app>

Messages are stored in resource bundles (property files) like the following:

src/main/resources/Language.properties

hello-world=Hello World

This issue serves as a task for adding a feature to the i18n EL keyword to lookup internationalized messages from such a file. For example:

src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/view.xhtml

    <h:outputText value="#{i18n['hello-world']} />