yes, then the app gets:
^[0-9]\''{\''0,10\''}\''(,[0-9]\''{\''0,2\''}\'')?$
all the escaping does is replace ' with '', which makes it a little hard
to stop
it as the comparison is done on a character by character basis...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Siggelkow
> Sent: 24 November 2004 17:59
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Getting a regular expression from application.properties
>
>
>
> Did you try escaping the single qoutes with a backslash?
>
> ^[0-9]\'{\'0,10\'}\'(,[0-9]\'{\'0,2\'}\')?$
>
>
> Simon Matic Langford wrote:
>
> > I have a regular expression for date formatting (don't ask!) in our
> > application.properties. This can
> > change depending on user locale. I am trying to get the
> following value
> > back:
> >
> > ^[0-9]'{'0,10'}'(,[0-9]'{'0,2'}')?$
> >
> > However in MessageResources at line 346: format = new
> > MessageFormat(escape(formatString));
> >
> > escape replaces ' with '', which means that my {'s and }'s don't get
> > escaped properly
> > and MessageFormat throws an IllegalArgumentException saying it can't
> > parse the expression.
> >
> > Is there any way to persuade Struts not to do this escaping without
> > totally bypassing
> > it?
> >
> > I am using Struts 1.1 and cannot upgrade...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
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