Using "{" character in resource bundle.

Question

Hello,
I was to use a "{", "}" characters in resource bundle. The problem is that, when I get the resource value, I use the method: MessageUtils.substituteParams in order to replace parameters like {0}, {1}, ...
Is there a way of escaping the "{", "}" characters with subtitureParams method ? I tried "\{" and it still didn't work.

Answer 1

Please see the java-api docs for your answer:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html
Using "\u2019" only works because it is an alternative quote character, but it is not the same as the standard ascii single quote (')
If you want to include a ' in your format string, then put two next to each other like '' (like Pascal if anyone remembers that ...)
If you want to quote anything else, then use single quotes to surround the quoted text eg. "The message is '{not a param string}'"