ANNOUNCE: Text::MessageFormat

I've just released new CPAN module Text::MessageFormat, Perl version
of java.text.MessageFormat. Using this module in combo with
Data::Properties allows you to read Java MessageFormat files in Perl.

But the implementation is still incomplete, patches are all welcome.
http://bulknews.net/lib/archives/Text-MessageFormat-0.01.tar.gz

=head1 NAME

Text::MessageFormat - Language neutral way to display messages

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Text::MessageFormat;

  my $form = Text::MessageFormat->new('The disk "{1}" contains {0} file(s).');
  print $form->format(3, 'MyDisk');

  # output: The disk "MyDisk" contains 3 file(s).

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Text::MessageFormat is a Perl version of Java's
java.text.MessageFormat and aims to be format-compatible with that
class.

MesageFormat provides a means to produce concatenated messages in
language-neutral way. Use this to construct messages displayed for end
users.

See L<Data::Properties> for java.util.Properties porting.

=head1 WARNINGS/TODO

=over 4

=item *

Following FormatElements are all B<NOT> implemented yet. Currently
they interpolate exactly same as just C<{0}>.

  {0,number,#.##}
  {0,date,short}
  {0,time,hh:mm:ss}
  {0,choice,0#are no files|1#is one file|1<are {0,number,integer} files}

Patches are always welcome!

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa E<lt>[email protected]<gt>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

=head1 SEE ALSO

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html
L<Data::Properties>

=cut


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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <[email protected]>