I found 4 messages in the messages messages_<lang>.properties file,
namely the startup and shutdown messages.
With the propsed changed to consoleMessag(), without editing the
messages the output would be like
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Security manager installed using the Basic server security policy. at
2008-06-17 17:13:54.718 GMT
Apache Derby Network Server - 10.5.0.0 alpha - (668741M) started and
ready to accept connections on port 1527 at 2008-06-17 17:13:55.140
GMT at 2008-06-17 17:13:55.140 GMT
I agree, this does look a bit awkward, seems like it would be nice
to revise those 4 messages as part of your proposed change.
Thanks for taking the time to explain the issue in more detail.
bryan