com.novell.util
Class MessageString

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.util.MessageString

public class MessageString

extends Object

Class to handle message string for internationalization

Method Summary

static String

composeString(String base, String[] parms) Compose a string from a base string and an array of parameters strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

composeString

public static String composeString(String base,
                                   String[] parms)

Compose a string from a base string and an array of parameters strings. The base string may have zero or more replacement tokens. Each replacement token is of the form '%' + 1 or more digits. The parameter string corresponding to the number represented by the digits minus one is used to replace the replacement token. For example, "This %2 a %1", with the array String parms[] = { "test", "is"}; will result in the string "This is a test".

Parameters:

base - The base string with replacement tokens.

parms - An array of replacement strings

Returns:

The composed string