JSTL fmt:setBundle Formatting Tag

The JSTL <fmt:setBundle> Formatting Tag is used to load a resource bundle and set it into the bundle configuration variable.

Syntax:

<fmt:setBundle basename=”basenameOfResourceBundle” var=”varName” />

fmt:setBundle tag attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required
basename	It specify the base name of the resource bundle family to expose as a scoped or configuration variable.	Yes
var	It specify the name of the variable to store the new bundle.	No
scope	It specify the scope of the variable to store the new bundle.	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:setBundle JSTL formatting tag example</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	  <fmt:setBundle 
                basename="com.w3spoint.properties.message" var="msg"/>
          <fmt:message key="message.first" bundle="${msg}"/><br/>
	  <fmt:message key="message.second" bundle="${msg}"/><br/>
	  <fmt:message key="message.third" bundle="${msg}"/>
	</body>
</html>

web.xml

<web-app>
 
  <welcome-file-list>
          <welcome-file>test.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>	
 
</web-app>

Output:

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