That's why I brought it up, just wanted that feature for as cheap as
possible. :)
I know some work has been done on a JDK 5 lang; if we add new stuff to
2.3I'd like it to be as easy as possible to integrate into whatever
comes out
of the 5 effort.
On 10/5/07, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok, cool. I don't really like global stuff like
> > that either. But,
> > some libraries (beanutils for one) do that kind of
> > stuff. I like the
> > idea of having your own instances of this and I like
> > the idea of the
> > feature. Very cool! Also, the varargs feature
> > would be very nice.
> > They've already made MessageFormat use varargs in
> > 1.5, so it would
> > fit.
>
> Doh--I hadn't noticed that. That being the case, we
> should inherit it for free if ExtendedMessageFormat
> does what it says and extends MessageFormat. :) So
> this wouldn't require Lang moving to JDK5 just for
> this.
>
> -Matt
>
> >
> > On 10/5/07, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > You mean this extension would allow some sort of
> > > > "registry" which is
> > > > keyed by the second argument of the format
> > > > expression? So, I could do
> > > > something like...
> > > >
> > > > ExtendedMessageFormat fmt = new
> > > > ExtendedMessageFormat();
> > > > fmt.addFormatHandler("foo", new MyFooHandler()
> > );
> > > > String str = fmt.format("Hello, {0,foo}!",
> > "James
> > > > Carman");
> > > >
> > > > Now maybe you'd register the "handler" globally,
> > but
> > > > you get the idea.
> > >
> > > That's essentially the effect I want to achieve.
> > As
> > > for global blah, I am more interested in doing
> > things
> > > on a POJO basis; I think there are plenty of
> > solutions
> > > out there anymore that would allow a user to
> > automate
> > > the config for multiple instances that there's no
> > > percentage in resorting to weird tricks to get all
> > > instances of the proposed ExtendedMessageFormat to
> > use
> > > the same custom delegate formats.
> > >
> > > -Matt
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/5/07, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Out of interest; related to a JIRA issue?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually no. I guess I'll go ahead and lay my
> > > > cards
> > > > > on the table in case anyone has any wisdom for
> > me.
> > > > An
> > > > > obviously missing piece of
> > java.text.MessageFormat
> > > > is
> > > > > the ability to plug in other custom
> > formatters.
> > > > I've
> > > > > only seen one OSS project (msg at java.net)
> > that
> > > > > addresses this, and it has a dubious
> > configuration
> > > > > mechanism (magic XML classpath resource) and
> > an
> > > > IMHO
> > > > > useless inheritance hierarchy i.e.
> > > > > java.lang.Object--the project claims its
> > > > > XMessageFormat is a "drop-in replacement" but
> > > > > apparently their idea of drop-in differs from
> > > > mine.
> > > > > IMO such a solutiion would necessarily need to
> > > > extend
> > > > > Format and very likely MessageFormat as well;
> > a
> > > > Format
> > > > > implicitly understood to operate upon Object[]
> > is
> > > > good
> > > > > enough from a javadoc POV but I have the
> > feeling
> > > > that
> > > > > much existing code would cope better with a
> > > > > MessageFormat subclass. For these reasons I
> > > > assert
> > > > > that I am not just indulging in NIH. Lang
> > already
> > > > > provides the CompositeFormat in
> > o.a.c.lang.text;
> > > > this
> > > > > constitutes IMO a precedent for custom Formats
> > to
> > > > live
> > > > > in Lang. It is my intent to create
> > > > > o.a.c.lang.text.ExtendedMessageFormat (extends
> > > > > java.text.MessageFormat) with a pluggable
> > means of
> > > > > resolving delegate formatters (optionally)
> > > > specified
> > > > > with each "format element". My intent is to
> > > > provide a
> > > > > subclass whose default behavior is identical
> > to
> > > > its
> > > > > parent class but provides extensibility for
> > > > plugging
> > > > > in custom formats.
> > > > >
> > > > > Comments?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Matt
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/4/07, Matt Benson
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > in org.apache.commons.lang.text
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Matt
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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