<fmt:message> Tag

The <fmt:message> tag maps a key to a localized message and performs parameter substitution.

Syntax

&lt;fmt:message
   key="<string>"
   bundle="<string>"
   var="<string>"
   scope="<string>"/>

Attributes

The <fmt:message> tag has the following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required	Default Value
key	The message key to retrieve	No	Body
bundle	The resource bundle to use	No	Default resource bundle
var	The variable name to store the localized message	No	Print to page
scope	The scope of the var attribute	No	Page

Example Demonstration

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ 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:message Tag</title>
</head>
<body>

<fmt:setLocale value="en"/>
<fmt:setBundle basename="com.tutorialpro.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 output is as follows:

One 
Two 
Three

JSP Standard Tag Library

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