Problem formatting string with ints

Question

I'm trying to perform simple string formatting using a resource file but I'm having problems when I pass integers to the format argument.
Here is the line of code that causes the IllegalFormatConversionException:
ResourceFile.getFormattedString("XMLGAME",myBounds.getWidth(),myBounds.getHeight())//myBounds.getWidth() and myBounds.getHeight() return intsHere is the method in ResourceFile:
public static String getFormattedString(String resource, int... args)
    return String.format(resourceFile.getString(resource), args);
}And here is the string in the properties file
XMLGAME  <game name="game" width="%d" height="%d">\nEdited by: JFactor2004 on Dec 3, 2008 10:15 PM

Answer 1

Instead of {color:000080}int{color}..., declare "args" the same way format() does, as Object...: public static String getFormattedString(String resource, Object... args) The way you're doing it would require the {color:000080}int{color}[] to be "bulk-autoboxed" to an Integer[] or Object[], and Java can't do that. Instead, it treats "args" as an Object[] containing one element, which happens to be an {color:000080}int{color}[].