Name: rlT66838 Date: 06/28/99


If you read a ResourceBundle twice and the ResourceBundle's
content changed between the two getBundle() calls, ResourceBundle
does not reread the file instead it just returns a copy from its
hashtable.
For example this source-code:

import java.util. *;
import java.io. *;

class ResourceBundleTest {

    private ResourceBundle bundle;

    public void openResourceBundle()
    {
try {
bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("test");
}
catch (MissingResourceException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
    }

    public void createResourceFile(String content)
    {
try {
FileWriter file = new FileWriter("test.properties");
file.write("content " + content + "\n");
file.close();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
    }
    
    public void viewResource()
    {
System.out.println("Content: " + bundle.getString("content")+"\n");
    }

    public static void main (String args[])
    {
ResourceBundleTest test = new ResourceBundleTest();

test.createResourceFile("111111111");
test.openResourceBundle();
test.viewResource();

test.createResourceFile("222222222");
test.openResourceBundle();
test.viewResource();
    }

}

It should display:

Content: 111111111

Content: 222222222

but it displays:

Content: 111111111

Content: 111111111

The Resourcebundle Code should look at the filesystem if the file
has changed since the last read and use the newer one.
(Review ID: 84921)
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