java - Where to put text properties? -

i'm trying localization java web application , getting error. using maven dependencies , using google app engine (jetty web server). application using spring framework. here have far:

project structure:

messages_en_us.properties

label.firstname=first name label.lastname=last name 

index.jsp

<%@page contenttype="text/html" pageencoding="utf-8"%> <%@taglib prefix="t" tagdir="/web-inf/tags"%> <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags"%> <t:genericpage>     <jsp:attribute name="title">       welcome     </jsp:attribute>     <jsp:body>         <script type="text/javascript" src="../static/js/index.js"></script>         <div class="flex_container_column">             <spring:message code="label.firstname" />             <br>             <spring:message code="label.lastname" />             <br>         </div>     </jsp:body> </t:genericpage> 

spring-mvc-servlet.xml

<mvc:resources mapping="/static/**" location="/static/" /> <mvc:annotation-driven /> <bean id="viewresolver"     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.urlbasedviewresolver">     <property name="viewclass"         value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.jstlview" />     <property name="prefix" value="/web-inf/jsp/" />     <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" /> </bean>  <!-- resource bundle message: start --> <bean id="messagesource"     class="org.springframework.context.support.reloadableresourcebundlemessagesource">     <property name="basename" value="messages" />     <property name="defaultencoding" value="utf-8" /> </bean>  <bean id="localechangeinterceptor"     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.localechangeinterceptor">     <property name="paramname" value="lang" /> </bean>  <bean id="localeresolver"     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.cookielocaleresolver">     <property name="defaultlocale" value="en" /> </bean>  <bean id="handlermapping"     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.defaultannotationhandlermapping">     <property name="interceptors">         <ref bean="localechangeinterceptor" />     </property> </bean> <!-- resource bundle message: end --> 

error

warning: nested in javax.servlet.servletexception: javax.servlet.jsp.jspexception: javax.servlet.jsp.jsptagexception: no message found under code 'label.firstname' locale 'en_us'.: javax.servlet.jsp.jsptagexception: no message found under code 'label.firstname' locale 'en_us'.     @ org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.messagetag.doendtag(messagetag.java:200)     @ org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_spring_005fmessage_005f0(index_jsp.java:110)     @ org.apache.jsp.index_jsp.access$0(index_jsp.java:97)     @ org.apache.jsp.index_jsp$helper.invoke1(index_jsp.java:176)     @ org.apache.jsp.index_jsp$helper.invoke(index_jsp.java:205) 

pom.xml

<build>     <sourcedirectory>src</sourcedirectory>     <plugins>         <plugin>             <artifactid>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactid>             <version>3.3</version>             <configuration>                 <source>1.7</source>                 <target>1.7</target>             </configuration>         </plugin>         <plugin>             <artifactid>maven-war-plugin</artifactid>             <version>2.6</version>             <configuration>                 <warsourcedirectory>webcontent</warsourcedirectory>                 <failonmissingwebxml>false</failonmissingwebxml>             </configuration>         </plugin>     </plugins> </build> 

i tried few things:

1. moved messages /web-inf got same error when changed <property name="basename" value="/web-inf/messages" />. per understanding, if so, might not able access in code. why put resources initially.
2. i removed en_us default messages property file name, got same error.

appreciate on , how setup project property files + text.properties.

i ended putting messages.properties in /webcontent/web-inf/messages/messages.properties , reason getting error because have 2 contexts defined:

1. applicationcontext.xml
2. spring-mvc-servlet.xml

i putting configuration in spring-mvc-servlet.xml, not right place. instead, should have been in applicationcontext.xml (the parent context). solved issue faced problem, localechangeinterceptor not intercepting, language can't changed! however, problem resolved.