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Hi !

We would like to know what is the best way to override messages in properties files.

eg : we want modify some messages in the file CustomerCareMessages_fr.properties : should we override the complete file or there is an other mean to do that.

Thanks in advance !

Overriding the file you want to change is typically the fastest way to accomplish what you want, and in your case it should be the easiest solution. Now I am not affiliated with Broadleaf in any way but in my experience with this solution overriding files is incredibly simply and you should have no trouble with it. But because the backend is gwt you may have to override the class file that is getting the messages as well otherwise it may not find them since the names would be in a different language.

Thanks for your answer !

Hey Denis,

I would also say that if you're doing this specifically in the admin translations project (https://github.com/BroadleafCommerce/AdminLanguagePack), the best thing to do would be to pull down that project from GitHub, make the changes that you need to the properties files themselves and then mvn install that module locally so the admin can pick it up.

Also, if you see anything that is translated incorrectly (or translations that are not there), we would love for you to actually fork the project yourselves and submit a pull request to us so that we can get the right things in the framework. Not only does this help us, this also ensures that you all do not have to continue to support a specialized version. Github has some documentation on this process: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests. In your case, you would create a fork and base the changes off of the 'master' branch. Let me know if you need any further help with this process.

Hey Philip,

First of all, thanks for your reply. I have forked the project on github, we think that it's the best solution too.

When changes are made i will submit you a pull request .

If i want to add more messages (in CustomerCareMessages for example) what is the best solution :

- override CustomerCareMessages.java and CustomerCareMessages.properties
- or extends CustomerCareMessages.java with MyCustomerCareMessages.java , add a new properties file MyCustomerCareMessages.properties, ovveride CustomerCareModule and add into method onModuleLoad() the line addConstants(GWT.<ConstantsWithLookup>create(MyCustomerCareMessages.class));

Thanks !

I would definitely go with the second option. Although you don't really have to extend, you just create a new interface for MyCustomerCareMessages.java and do the addConstants(...) in your module subclass. As long as you are calling super.onModuleLoad() then you shouldn't have issues.

Also, since your locale is probably French for the admin, you should annotate the MyCustomerCareMessages.java with @DefaultLocale("fr").

Thanks philip. I have used the second option and it works like a charm. However i haven't seen a problem if i put a default locale en_US or fr, messages are both loaded from myCustomerCareMessage.properties