Package com.itextpdf.commons.utils

Class MessageFormatUtil

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.commons.utils.MessageFormatUtil

       public final class MessageFormatUtil extends Object
      

This file is a helper class for internal usage only. Be aware that its API and functionality may be changed in future.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	format(String pattern, Object... arguments)	This method provides a generic way for formatting strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

format

             public static String format
             (String pattern, Object... arguments)
            

This method provides a generic way for formatting strings. Indexed arguments can be referred with {index}, to escape curly braces you have to double them.

Only basic escaping is allowed, single quotes in a set of curly braces are not supported and multiple escaped braces in a row are also not supported

Allowed {{{0}}} Allowed '{0}' Allowed '{{{0}}}'

Not allowed {{'{0}'}} Not allowed {{{{{0}}}}}

Parameters:

pattern - to format

arguments - arguments

Returns:

The formatted string