fop 1.1

## org.apache.fop.util.text
Class AdvancedMessageFormat

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.fop.util.text.AdvancedMessageFormat

    public class AdvancedMessageFormat

extends java.lang.Object

Formats messages based on a template and with a set of named parameters. This is similar to `MessageFormat` but uses named parameters and supports conditional sub-groups.

Example:

`Missing field "{fieldName}"[ at location: {location}]!`

- Curly brackets ("{}") are used for fields.
- Square brackets ("[]") are used to delimit conditional sub-groups. A sub-group is conditional when all fields inside the sub-group have a null value. In the case, everything between the brackets is skipped.

Nested Class Summary
`static interface` `AdvancedMessageFormat.Function` Implementations of this interface do some computation based on the message parameters given to it.
`static interface` `AdvancedMessageFormat.ObjectFormatter` Implementations of this interface format certain objects to strings.
`static interface` `AdvancedMessageFormat.Part` Represents a message template part.
`static interface` `AdvancedMessageFormat.PartFactory` Implementations of this interface parse a field part and return message parts.

Constructor Summary
`AdvancedMessageFormat(java.lang.CharSequence pattern)` Construct a new message format.

Method Summary
`java.lang.String` `format(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params)` Formats a message with the given parameters.
`void` `format(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params, java.lang.StringBuffer target)` Formats a message with the given parameters.
`static void` `formatObject(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer target)` Formats an object to a string and writes the result to a string buffer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AdvancedMessageFormat

    public AdvancedMessageFormat(java.lang.CharSequence pattern)

  Construct a new message format.

  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the message format pattern.

Method Detail

### format

    public java.lang.String format(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params)

  Formats a message with the given parameters.

  Parameters:
    `params` - a Map of named parameters (Contents: <String, Object>)
  Returns:
    the formatted message

### format

    public void format(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params,
                       java.lang.StringBuffer target)

  Formats a message with the given parameters.

  Parameters:
    `params` - a Map of named parameters (Contents: <String, Object>)
    `target` - the target StringBuffer to write the formatted message to

### formatObject

    public static void formatObject(java.lang.Object obj,
                                    java.lang.StringBuffer target)

  Formats an object to a string and writes the result to a string buffer. This method usually uses the object's `toString()` method unless there is an `AdvancedMessageFormat.ObjectFormatter` that supports the object. `AdvancedMessageFormat.ObjectFormatter`s are registered through the service provider mechanism defined by the JAR specification.

  Parameters:
    `obj` - the object to be formatted
    `target` - the target string buffer

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