[opencms-dev] Properties files and UTF-8 characters

[Paul-Inge Flakstad]

Hi Olli,

Can't say if there have been improvements on this in OpenCms, but I faced the same issue some time ago, working on a site with content in Russian.

My solution was: instead of the "normal" CmsJspActionElement.html#label(java.lang.String) method, I used this one:

public String labelUnicode(String key) {
        try {
            return new String(this.label(key).getBytes("ISO-8859-1"), "UTF-8");
        } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            // Really shouldn't occur
            return null;
        }
    }

(Above method is part of a convenience class extending CmsJspXmlContentBean.)

Not the best solution, but it's simple and it works.

Cheers,
Paul

From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Olli Aro
Sent: 29. januar 2013 16:27
To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
Subject: [opencms-dev] Properties files and UTF-8 characters

Hi all,

It has been a while since I last had to deploy OpenCms based on language relying on UTF-8.

I would like to use the property files as part of my templates, but it still looks as UTF-8 property files are still no no in Java.

Before I write my own version of org.opencms.i18n.CmsPropertyResourceBundle class (like I did last time), I was wondering if there was some other way to get around this?

I am just thinking maybe I am missing something, since the workplace localisation is also in property files and works fine eg. in German?

Anyone have any pointers on how to use UTF-8 based property file as part of your site templates?

Thanks,

Olli



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