Java tutorial
<?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM"http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd"><properties><entry key="Key">Value</entry></properties> </code> <code><![CDATA[ import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.List; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.Properties; import java.util.ResourceBundle; import java.util.Set; public class XMLResourceBundleControl extends ResourceBundle.Control { private static String XML = "xml"; public List<String> getFormats(String baseName) { return Collections.singletonList(XML); } public ResourceBundle newBundle(String baseName, Locale locale, String format, ClassLoader loader, boolean reload) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, IOException { if ((baseName == null) || (locale == null) || (format == null) || (loader == null)) { throw new NullPointerException(); } ResourceBundle bundle = null; if (!format.equals(XML)) { return null; } String bundleName = toBundleName(baseName, locale); String resourceName = toResourceName(bundleName, format); URL url = loader.getResource(resourceName); if (url == null) { return null; } URLConnection connection = url.openConnection(); if (connection == null) { return null; } if (reload) { connection.setUseCaches(false); } InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream(); if (stream == null) { return null; } BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(stream); bundle = new XMLResourceBundle(bis); bis.close(); return bundle; } public static void main(String args[]) { ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("Strings", new XMLResourceBundleControl()); String string = bundle.getString("Key"); System.out.println("Key: " + string); } } class XMLResourceBundle extends ResourceBundle { private Properties props; XMLResourceBundle(InputStream stream) throws IOException { props = new Properties(); props.loadFromXML(stream); } protected Object handleGetObject(String key) { return props.getProperty(key); } public Enumeration<String> getKeys() { Set<String> handleKeys = props.stringPropertyNames(); return Collections.enumeration(handleKeys); } }