Java generating Strings with placeholders

Question

I\'m looking for something to achieve the following:

String s = \"hello {}!\";
s = generate(s, new Object[]{ \"world\" });
assertEquals(s, \"hello world!\");         


        

Answer 1

This can be done in a single line without the use of library. Please check java.text.MessageFormat class.

Example

String stringWithPlaceHolder = "test String with placeholders {0} {1} {2} {3}";
String formattedStrin = java.text.MessageFormat.format(stringWithPlaceHolder, "place-holder-1", "place-holder-2", "place-holder-3", "place-holder-4");

Output will be

test String with placeholders place-holder-1 place-holder-2 place-holder-3 place-holder-4