Programmatically refresh the spring mvc resource bundle

Question

ResourceBundleMessageSource messages are configured in Spring's configuration file as

<bean id="messageSource"
  class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource"
  p:basenames="WEB-INF/strings/appstrings" />

Whenever I changed any message in that properties file I have to restart server.

I want to read these updated messages programatically in my application without restarting server.

How can I read these messages programatically in one of my @Controller while running application.

Answer 1

There is a ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource ( http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/context/support/ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource.html ) in spring that should do what you want.

You can find more info here on stackoverflow:

• How to Inject Spring ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource
• How to Inject Spring ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource