This project describes a sample OSGI bundle with localization resources contributions/updates (this sample was based on the pentaho-det project - https://github.com/pentaho/pentaho-det) The properties files should be in the src/main/resources/i18n folder. You can specify a folder structure inside the main i18n folder, which will represent the key for the properties file: e.g.: src/main/resources/i18n/sub1/sub2/message.properties correspondes to the key sub1.sub2.messages To specify the properties file language use the java standard: <YOUR_PROPERTIES>.properties - Default properties file; <YOUR_PROPERTIES>_en.properties - EN properties file; <YOUR_PROPERTIES>_pt_PT.properties - PT Portugal properties file; To update or fix existing properties files that already exist in the system you should specify a priority for the file. The priority is specified in the file name, in the format .properties. where priority is a numeric value. For instance, if you wish to update a properties file messages.properties that exists in the system, the bundle should contain in the same folder structure as the system, a file with the name messages.properties.2.

$: mvn clean package

1. Copy the generated jar file to the karaf/deploy folder which will automatically trigger the install. Note: The karaf system shouldhave the pentaho-i18n-bundle installed