JSTL fmt:bundle Formatting Tag

The JSTL Formatting Tag is used to make a specified bundle available for all tags with its body.

Syntax:

<fmt:bundle basename=”basenameOfBundleResource”  />
      <fmt:message key=”messageKey”/>
</fmt:bundle>

fmt:bundle tag attributes:

AttributeDescriptionRequired
basenameIt specify the base name of the resource bundle that is to be loaded.Yes
prefixIt specify the value to prepend to each key name in subtags.No

Example:

test.jsp
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 
<html>
 <head>
  <title>fmt:bundle JSTL formatting tag example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <fmt:bundle basename="com.javawithease.properties.message">
    <fmt:message key="message.first"/><br/>
    <fmt:message key="message.second"/><br/>
    <fmt:message key="message.third"/><br/>
  </fmt:bundle>
 </body>
</html>
message_en_US.properties
message.first = This is first message using en_US locale.
message.second = This is second message en_US locale.
message.third = This is third message en_US locale.
web.xml
<web-app>
 
  <welcome-file-list>
          <welcome-file>test.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list> 
 
</web-app>

Output:


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