Thanks Freddy - So I'm still trying to figure out what all the rules are and when i use: ' vs ''
<fmt:message key="foo"/> USE ' <fmt:message key="foo"><fmt:param value="bar"></fmt:message> USE '' <stripes:label name="foo"/> -- USE ' <stripes:error name="bar"/> -- '' USE '' Is that right? Blurg On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Freddy Daoud wrote: > Hi Philip, > >> In my JSP's I have: >> >> <fmt:message key="foo1"/> >> <fmt:message key="foo2"/> >> <fmt:message key="foo3"/> >> >> The page returns: >> >> Foo's >> Foo''s >> Foo's >> >> This kinda makes sense but I see that the Stripes SimpleMessage class >> implementation is supposed to use: >> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html >> >> Any idea why the StripesResources.properties doesn't following the >> standard MessageFormat format conventions where: >> >> foo2=Foo''s >> should be printed like: >> >> Foo's > > Well, you are right, SimpleMessage uses MessageFormat and thus will > print Foo''s as Foo's. But you are not using SimpleMessage here! > You are using the fmt:message tag, which is part of the JSTL and > is not related to SimpleMessage (nor Stripes, in fact). > > So, indeed you'll need to espace ' with '' for Stripes information > and error messages. But fmt:message does not use MessageFormat > unless you specify parameters with nested fmt:param. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Freddy > http://www.stripesbook.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register > now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
