be.erwinsmout
Class MyMessageFormat

java.lang.Object
  be.erwinsmout.MyMessageFormat

public class MyMessageFormat
extends java.lang.Object

Provides a MessageFormat.format() method that relieves localizers of having to know whether or not they should be typing single or double quotes in order to obtain a single quote. Before invoking the MessageFormat.format() method, ALL quotes in the pattern are replaced with two single quotes, so that a quote in the input pattern will NEVER be interpreted as a MessageFormat.format() meta-character.

Author:

Erwin Smout

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

format(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Object[] parameters) formats a message by filling in a pattern with values taken from the given array of parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

format

public static java.lang.String format(java.lang.String pattern,
                                      java.lang.Object[] parameters)

formats a message by filling in a pattern with values taken from the given array of parameters. Prior to invoking the standard java MessageFormat.format() method, all single quotes (') in the pattern are replaced with double quotes (''), such that a quote will NEVER be interpreted as a MessageFormat.format() meta-character.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern

parameters - The parameters

Returns:

the formatting result