ResourceBundle fails to fetch key from the default properties file, instead
an exception is thrown. This behavior is seen in both 1.3.1 and 1.4. In the
following test program, test case 2 is the one which has problem. Test case 2
is the same as test case 1 except that the test case 2 is accessing resource
bundle for France and test case 1 is accessing resource bundle for US.

Test.java
----------
import java.util.*;

public class Test {

   public ResourceBundle fetchResourceBundle(String language, String country){
      return(ResourceBundle.getBundle("MessagesBundle",
                                       new Locale(language, country)));

   }

   public void testCase1() {
      System.out.println("Test case 1");
      System.out.println("-----------");
      ResourceBundle rb = fetchResourceBundle("en", "US");

      if(rb.getString("greetings").compareTo("Hello") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match greeting string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match greeting string");

      if(rb.getString("inquiry").compareTo("How are you?") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match inquiry string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match inquiry string");

      if(rb.getString("farewell").compareTo("Goodbye") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match farewell string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match farewell string");

      if(rb.getString("test1").compareTo("Test message 1") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match test1 string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match test1 string");

      if(rb.getString("test2").compareTo("Test message 2") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match test2 string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match test2 string");

      System.out.println();
   }

   public void testCase2() {
      System.out.println("Test case 2");
      System.out.println("-----------");
      ResourceBundle rb = fetchResourceBundle("fr", "FR");

      if(rb.getString("greetings").compareTo("Hello") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match greeting string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match greeting string");

      if(rb.getString("inquiry").compareTo("How are you?") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match inquiry string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match inquiry string");

      if(rb.getString("farewell").compareTo("Au revoir") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match farewell string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match farewell string");

      if(rb.getString("test1").compareTo("Test message 1") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match test1 string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match test1 string");

      if(rb.getString("test2").compareTo("Test message 2") == 0)
         System.out.println("PASS: Match test2 string");
      else
         System.out.println("FAIL: Match test2 string");

      System.out.println();
   }

   public void run() {
      testCase1();
      testCase2();
   }

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

      test.run();
   }
}

MessagesBundle.properties
-------------------------
greetings = Hello
farewell = Goodbye
inquiry = How are you?

MessagesBundle_fr_FR.properties
-------------------------------
farewell = Au revoir

MessagesBundle_en_US.properties
-------------------------------
test1 = Test message 1

MessagesBundle_en.properties
----------------------------
test2 = Test message 2

akila@agni3 > /import/java/jdk1.3.1/binaries/solsparc/bin/java Test
Test case 1
-----------
PASS: Match greeting string
PASS: Match inquiry string
PASS: Match farewell string
PASS: Match test1 string
PASS: Match test2 string

Test case 2
-----------
PASS: Match greeting string
PASS: Match inquiry string
PASS: Match farewell string
Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key test1
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(ResourceBundle.java:382)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(ResourceBundle.java:379)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getString(ResourceBundle.java:354)
        at Test.testCase2(Test.java:60)
        at Test.run(Test.java:75)
        at Test.main(Test.java:81)

So if the resource bundle for US is called directly then the keys(test1 & test2)
are found(test case 1), but if the resource bundle for US(default) is called
indirectly then the keys(test1 & test2) are not found(test case2).


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