Java Equivalent to .NET's String.Format

Question

Is there an equivalent to .NET\'s String.Format in Java?

Answer 1

The 10 cent answer to this is:

C#'s

String.Format("{0} -- {1} -- {2}", ob1, ob2, ob3)

is equivalent to Java's

String.format("%1$s -- %2$s -- %3$s", ob1, ob2, ob3)

Note the 1-based index, and the "s" means to convert to string using .toString(). There are many other conversions available and formatting options:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Formatter.html#syntax