How to do formatting using properties file ?

You can use s:text tag built-in formatting functionality to format your date and numbers.

JSP

<s:text name="product.name">

   <s:param name="value" value="productName"/>

</s:text>

<s:text name="product.cost" >

   <s:param name="value" value="productCost"/>

</s:text>

<s:text name="product.orderDate">

   <s:param name="value" value="orderDate"/>

</s:text>

messageresource properties file

product.cost = USD {0,number,##0.00}

product.orderDate = {0,date,dd-MMM-yyyy}

product.name = {0}

 

You can easily define or change the formatting of output just modifying the properties file.

Output of JSP

name: ICE cream

cost: USD 102.08

date: 10-Jun-2010