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15.3.5 Java Format Strings ¶

There are two kinds of format strings in Java: those acceptable to theMessageFormat.format function, labelled as ‘java-format’, and those acceptable to the String.format andPrintStream.printf functions, labelled as ‘java-printf-format’.

Java format strings are described in the JDK documentation for classjava.text.MessageFormat,https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html. See also the ICU documentationhttp://icu-project.org/apiref/icu4j/com/ibm/icu/text/MessageFormat.html.

Java printf format strings are described in the JDK documentation for class java.util.Formatter,https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Formatter.html.