JSTL - Core <fmt:setBundle> Tag

The <fmt:setBundle> tag is used to load a resource bundle and stores it in the named scoped variable or the bundle configuration variable.

Attribute

The <fmt:setBundle> tag has the following attributes −

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
basename	Base name of the resource bundle family to expose as a scoped or a configuration variable	Yes	None
var	Name of the variable to store the new bundle	No	Replace default
scope	Scope of the variable to store the new bundle	No	Page

Example

<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix = "c" %>
<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix = "fmt" %>

<html>
   <head>
      <title>JSTL fmt:setBundle Tag</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <fmt:setLocale value = "en"/>
      <fmt:setBundle basename = "com.tutorialspoint.Example" var = "lang"/>

      <fmt:message key = "count.one" bundle = "${lang}"/><br/>
      <fmt:message key = "count.two" bundle = "${lang}"/><br/>
      <fmt:message key = "count.three" bundle = "${lang}"/><br/>
   </body>
</html>

The above code will generate the following result −

One 
Two 
Three

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