Problem with Class loader for ResourceBundles

Sorry if this is stating the obvious...have you compiled
your resourceBundle? I.e. is there a class file
\com\canadatrust\util\LabelBundle_en_US.class ?

Yes the class has been compiled

What happens if you copy the bundle to create the
default bundle "LabelBundle"? Same error message?

Yes I have a default bundle LableBundle under the same package com.canadatrust.util.LabelBundle.class.

Strange, sounds like it should be working.

How are you running your class: java, appletviewer, browser?
Which is the current directory, when you run it?
What does you CLASSPATH look like?

I'm running it from a directory called d:\javadev and my classpath is below....

SET CLASSPATH=.;d:\javadev\;c:\jdk1.1.2\lib\classes.zip;d:\javadev\fpclass.zip;

The file fpclass.zip is a zip file containing all our classes.  It is zipped with no compression and works fine for loading classes.  

Have you put any resource classes in packages and had them load?

Thanks, David

The resource classes are not contained in the zip.  Could I ask a couple of questions about your test package.  Did you have the resource classes in the same directory (package) as the calling class?  When you loaded the class using ResourceBundle.getBundle did you qualify it with the package?

 

Here's my test application:
- all classes in the same package
- getBundle uses fully qualified name; this is a must!

BTW, resources were found if I ran the program from the package root directory, e.g.
   java resPkg.Test
but not if I ran the program from within the resPkg directory, e.g.
   java Test



// file Test.java ------------------------------------------
package res.resPkg;
import java.util.*;
public class Test {
  public static void main (String[] args) {
    Locale defLoc = Locale.getDefault();
    System.out.println(defLoc);
    ResourceBundle rb =
      ResourceBundle.getBundle("resPkg.labelbundle", defLoc);
    System.out.println(rb.getString("testKey"));
  }
}

// file labelbundle.java ------------------------------------
package res.resPkg;
import java.util.*;
public class labelbundle extends ListResourceBundle {
  public Object[][] getContents() {
    return contents;
  }

  static final Object[][] contents = {
    { "testKey",                "testKey_base" }
  };
}

// file labelbundle_de.java ------------------------------------
package res.resPkg;
import java.util.*;
public class labelbundle_de extends ListResourceBundle {
  public Object[][] getContents() {
    return contents;
  }

  static final Object[][] contents = {
    { "testKey",                "testKey_de" }
  };
}