This article covers a Bloomreach Experience Manager version 11. There's an updated version available that covers our most recent release.

Resource Bundle Editor Plugin

The Resource Bundle Editor plugin is a default plugin, i.e. it is automatically included in new projects created using the Maven archetype.

Introduction

The Resource Bundle Editor plugin provides a UI for maintaining Resource Bundle Documents in Hippo CMS. Resource Bundle Documents – which are specializations of Java Resource Bundle objects – are collections of Key-Message pairs organized by locale. They simplify the creation of internationalized applications by allowing you to conveniently store all locale-specific messages in a single place from which they can be retrieved by programs and pages using locale-independent keys. This strategy enables you to decouple program code from locale-specific information, and to store multiple locales inside a single container: the Resource Bundle Document itself.

The Resource Bundle Editor plugin provides a UI to edit Resource Bundle Documents in Hippo CMS. Resource Bundles created this way are stored in the content repository, and can be accessed from JSP or Freemarker templates or Java code by means of a Unique Locator ID.

In the delivery tier, you can access the repository-based Resource Bundle Documents by using JSTL or Java APIs. For details, see HST Dynamic Resource Bundle Support.