dmv.spring.demo.util

Class MessageComposer

java.lang.Object

dmv.spring.demo.util.MessageComposer

public class MessageComposer
extends Object

Provides an ability to lazily compose messages from the base message with replacement markers {index} and corresonding arguments

        Example:
        base messgage - "Base message where {0} markers {1} with given {2}"
        args - [several, replaced, arguments]
        Result:
        "Base message where several markers replaced with given arguments"
 

Author:

dmv

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	compose(String baseMsg, Object... args) Simple message composer, supports up to 10 markers (0 through 9), represented as numbers in curly braces, like {0} or {1}

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

compose

public static String compose(String baseMsg,
                             Object... args)

Simple message composer, supports up to 10 markers (0 through 9), represented as numbers in curly braces, like {0} or {1}

See example at the Type level

Currently there are no support for escape character '\', so just don't use curly braces elsewhere except for markers.

Parameters:

baseMsg - the base message with {index} markers

args - Corresponding arguments. Method toString will be invoked on them. If argument is null the word 'null' is printed

Returns:

composed message

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if incorrect number of arguments or no arguments provided, or unrecognized markers used