Problem w/ ResourceBundle and default locale

I have a couple of resource bundles:

- Messages.properties (default, in English)

- Messages_nl.properties

- Messages_fr.properties

Windows' regional settings are set to Dutch (Belgium) which makes the Java default locale 'nl_BE'.

I want to get the resource bundle using the locale 'en'.

I expect to get 'Messages.properties' but I get 'Messages_nl.properties' instead.

Apparently, the lookup algorithm goes like this:

look for Messages_en.properties -> not found

look for Messages_'default locale'.properties = Messages_nl_BE.properties -> not found

look for Messages_nl.properties ->found

I have a solution, but it isn't a very good one:Locale locale =new Locale("en");

...

Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();

Locale.setDefault(locale);

ResourceBundle resourceBundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("Messages", locale);

Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);

Do you see a more elegant solution?

Thanks.

[1157 byte] By [NickDGa] at [2007-11-27 1:29:05]