Defining and Accessing Runtime Strings

Defining Strings

1. Add a reference to the resource bundle for runtime strings, by adding a property in the <component-config> section for your component in the portalapp.xml .

   Set the property name to ResourceBundleName , and the value to the name of the resource bundle file. For more information, see Components .

2. Add a resource bundle for the administration strings in the /PORTAL-INF/private/classes folder of your PAR file.

Accessing Strings

Accessing runtime strings in a portal component is similar to accessing strings from any Java application. Retrieve the resource bundle object ( ResourceBundle ) and then call getString() for the string, as shown below:

               import com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.*;
import com.sapportals.portal.prt.resource.*;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
public class HelloWorldComponent extends AbstractPortalComponent {
 
   public void doContent(
      IPortalComponentRequest request,
      IPortalComponentResponse response) {
 
      if (request != null && response != null) {
          ResourceBundle resource = request.getResourceBundle();
          response.write(resource.getString("GREETING"));
      }
   }

            

In the example above, the request object retrieves a resource bundle whose name is indicated by the ResourceBundleName property in the <component-config> element for the current component in the deployment descriptor.

You can retrieve a resource bundle for another component by creating an IPortalComponentContext object for the other component, and then getting its resource bundle, as shown in the following example:

               IPortalComponentContext myPortalComponentContext =
    request.getComponentContext("myApp.myComp");
ResourceBundle resource = 
    myPortalComponentContext.getResourceBundle(request.getLocale());