How do I use my web resource bundle within my Spring controller?

Here is how I did it:

In my controller:

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; ...

@Autowired private ApplicationContext context; 

In the resource bundle ApplicationResources.properties

gotocode.error.notfound=Sorry {0} is not recognized as a code. 

Back in the controller

public static final String GOTOCODE_NOTFOUND_KEY = "gotocode.error.notfound"; 

public static final String CODE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE = "Sorry the entry {0} is not recognized as a code.";

...

public ModelAndView findNextInSeries(String code,..   

String errorMessage = context.getMessage(

GOTOCODE_NOTFOUND_KEY, new Object[] { code }, CODE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE, Locale.getDefault());   

Previously my ApplicationResources.properties was configured in the web.xml

http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"     xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" id="WebApp_1270163143862"></web-app>

 <display-name>Sample Spring Resource Bundle

 <distributable>

     

 <context-param>

 <param-name>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.localizationContext

 <param-value>ApplicationResources

 

As well as in the Spring Application context configuration (dispatcher-servlet.xml):