Change properties in spring:message in JSP files in Spring mvc

Question

I have a property file in spring as shown below.

label.company.name = ABC Company
label.company.address = 123, west street
label.company.message = Welcome to ABC Company

The problem I am facing is that this company name can vary, and there are lot of places that the company name refers in the file. So if I change the company name, all the places referring to the company name in the property file should also change. string search and replace should not be used (as per instructions given to me). How can i proceed with the above task.

The properties are called in the jsp files as follows

<spring:message code="label.company.name"></spring:message>

Please help me. Thank you

i need a way to do it with in the property file it self, if there is a way — Lahiru Tjay, Jan 30 '15 at 05:17
I meant you can change the property value using Java code, I don't see a way to change property value from property file. — VPK, Jan 30 '15 at 05:21
Do you want to say that more then 1 company can exists or just replace ?? — Junaid, Jan 30 '15 at 05:22
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16828991/dynamically-editing-property-file — Junaid, Jan 30 '15 at 05:32

VPK · Answer 1 · 2015-01-30T05:38:49.673

You can change the existing property using the below code in your Java class,

Properties prop = new Properties();
OutputStream output = null;
try {
    output = new FileOutputStream("filePath/fileName.properties");
    prop.setProperty("label.company.name", "new company name");
    prop.store(output, null);
} catch (IOException io) {
    // If file not found or does not exists
    io.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    if (output != null) {
        try {
            output.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Or if you want to do this in jsp then put the above code in <% %> block.

Change properties in spring:message in JSP files in Spring mvc

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