Unable to get Message Resolver to work properly

[Paul Taylor]

I have two files message.properties & message_en_GB.properties in my WEB_INF directory they both contain the following

validation.1=Please check the data you have entered is correct
validation.2=This value cannot be left blank

My Spring config file is in the same dir and references the files with

<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
      <property name="basename"><value>message</value></property>
   </bean>

In one of my validators I have the code

errors.rejectValue("description","validation.2","Use Default");

and

errors.rejectValue("description","validation.2");

If the first one is triggered it works ok displaying the default message. But if the second one is triggered it fails with

Error 500: No message found under code 'validation.2' for locale 'en_GB'.

I cant understand what Im doing wrong.

(The Application is running as an EAR on Websphere 6)

[dejanp]

Did you try putting *.properties files into your classes dir?

[Paul Taylor]

Did you try putting *.properties files into your classes dir?

Thankyou very much, that works !

(Im sure the dodumentation told me to put stuff straight into WEb-INF though)