Resource Loading

Wicket implements resource loading with a fallback strategy using the Java class hierarchy of the associated Web page.

For example, the Wicket markup to identify a static-text label is defined in the html\com\sybase365\mobiliser\web\consumer\pages\portal\billpayment\PayBillPage.html file.
<html xmlns:wicket = "http://wicket.apache.org/dtds.data/wicket-xhtml1.4-strict.dtd">    
<body>    
<wicket:extend>    
   <div id = "centerContent" class = "content">    
     <div class = "module clear">    
       <h1 class = "payments">    
         <wicket:message key = "payBill.title" />   
       </h1>    
       <div wicket:id = "billConfigListForPaymentPanel"></div>    
    </div>    
  </div>   
</wicket:extend>    
</body>    
</html>
Based on the class hierarchy defined by the associated Java object:
Text resources are searched in the following order. If a resource file is not found, the next resource file in the hierarchy is checked. If a match to the associated key—for example, "payBill.title"— is found in a resource file, the search is terminated and the text label is returned.

Text labels should be unique and specific to the pages and panels in which they are used. For efficient maintenance, you may want to aggregate them, and associate them with a template. For example, all the Consumer Portal text labels are aggregated in the xml\com\sybase365\mobiliser\web\consumer\pages\portal\BaseConsumerPortalPage.xml file.

Put application-wide labels in the resource file for the top-level application class. Put environment-wide labels—for example, shared form button labels—in the top-level environment resource file.

Note: Panel templates are associated with a general package name, because they are shared across multiple pages, and they can access text labels from a resource file, which is specific to either the panel or the environment. In either case, the resource file in which the text label exists may be outside of the package hierarchy where the panel is used.
Parent topic: Text Messages and Labels