----- Original Message -----
From: "Ara Abrahamian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > We gotta make things like this simpler, perhaps with special property
> > syntax
> > similar to how MessageFormat stuff works.
> >
> > ${propertyname,file,filename}
> >
> > Come to think of it, is MessageFormat at all extensible to be able to
> > define
> > other things besides "date", "time", "number", or "choice"? [I don't
> think
> > so, but one can dream!]
>
> Looks interesting. Attaching type info to a literal value is interesting
> and useful. And you can derive from MessageFormat and define whatever
> you like there.
Does anyone know of examples subclassing MessageFormat to achieve such
things? I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I prototype something like
this.
Also, what do others thing of this kind of thing? (syntax or general idea)
Erik
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