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Resource bundles are searched in the following order:

1. ActionClass.properties
2. BaseClass.properties (all the way to Object.properties)
3. Interface.properties (every interface and sub-interface)
4. ModelDriven's model (if implements ModelDriven), for the model object repeat from 1
5. package.properties (every of every base class, all the way to java/lang/package.properties)
6. search up the i18n message key hierarchy itself
7. global resource properties (webwork.custom.i18n.resources) defined in webwork.properties

For more information, checkout the LocalizationTextUtil class.

Examples

To display i18n text, you can use a call to getText() in the property tag, or any other tag such as the UI tags (this is especially useful for labels of UI tags):

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