Spring message in JSTL Tag

Question

According to this post from 3 years ago the only way to display a spring message in a jstl tag is to wrap it in a <c:set var="someVar"> which does "work" but it seems very far from ideal.

Fast forward 3 years, is this still the only way to handle this?

Here is my code

Works, but not "ideal"

<c:set var="closeMessage">
    <spring:message code='lman.ilr.closeItemDetail'/>
</c:set>
<dsg:sidePanelContent closePanelText="${closeMessage}">

Doesn't work, returns a string of <spring:message code='lman.ilr.closeItemDetail'/>

<dsg:sidePanelContent closePanelText="<spring:message code='lman.ilr.closeItemDetail'/>">

As I don't use it, I'm not sure Spring MVC made progress in those 3 years. One way you could try to check if the `ResourceBundle` instance isn't available as some request attribute. If so, then you could make use of plain EL like so `${bundleAttributeName['lman.ilr.closeItemDetail']}`. At least, JSF works that way. — BalusC, Jul 30 '13 at 14:11
Uh, it's just part of standard Java SE since ages and used by `` under the covers. Did you bother to explore the available request attributes if there isn't such one? — BalusC, Jul 30 '13 at 14:26
Probable duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5273958/ddg#5725063 — Chloe, Nov 19 '18 at 01:28

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '13 at 15:42

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The spring message tag, just as fmt:message, has a var attribute that can be used to store the message instead of displaying it.

It always helps to read the documentation.

Also, your wrong message probably comes from forgettin to declare the spring taglib at the top of your JSP.

answered Jul 30 '13 at 15:42

JB Nizet

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JB, The wrong message and the working / non ideal are on the same JSP, and spring is declared. – zmanc Jul 30 '13 at 16:45
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@JBNizet thank trick with works great for me! – Michael Z Dec 25 '13 at 22:07

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 12:43

In case for reference,

<c:choose>
  <c:when test="${serviceVO.id eq 0}"> 
     <spring:message code="label.service.createservice" var="buttonName"/> 
  </c:when> 
  <c:otherwise>
    <spring:message code="label.updateservice" var="buttonName"/> 
  </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

<c:out value="${buttonName}"> //Prints the desired value...

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 17:30

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I think what you wanna do is.

<spring:message code='lman.ilr.closeItemDetail' var="closeMessage"/>

Then

<dsg:sidePanelContent closePanelText="${closeMessage}">

answered Feb 01 '19 at 17:30

Franz Joseph

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 07 '20 at 10:06

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As above mentioned,

<spring:message code='lman.ilr.closeItemDetail' var="closeMessage"/>

<dsg:sidePanelContent closePanelText="${closeMessage}">

works, since tag has the attribute "var" for above purpose. tested with spring boot app and it works.

answered Jun 07 '20 at 10:06

Hasanka Sapumal

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This should be a comment. – Matt Ke Jun 07 '20 at 10:45

Spring message in JSTL Tag

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