Simple way to use parameterised UI messages in Wicket?

Question

Wicket has a flexible internationalisation system that supports parameterising UI messages in many ways. There are examples e.g. in StringResourceModel javadocs, such as thi

Answer 1

I think the most consistent WICKETY way could be accomplished by improving Jonik's answer with MessageFormat:

.properties:

msg=Saving record {0} with value {1}

.java:

add(new Label("label", MessageFormat.format(getString("msg"),obj1,obj2)));
//or
info(MessageFormat.format(getString("msg"),obj1,obj2));

Why I like it:

• Clean, simple solution
• Uses plain Java and nothing else
• You can replace as many values as you want
• Work with labels, info(), validation, etc.
• It's not completely wickety but it is consistent with wicket so you may reuse these properties with StringResourceModel.

Notes:

if you want to use Models you simply need to create a simple model that override toString function of the model like this:

abstract class MyModel extends AbstractReadOnlyModel{
    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        if(getObject()==null)return "";
        return getObject().toString();
    }
}

and pass it as MessageFormat argument.

I don't know why Wicket does not support Model in feedback message. but if it was supported there was no reason to use these solutions and you could use StringResourceModel everywhere.