Should I use java.text.MessageFormat for localised messages without placeholders?

Question

We are localising the user-interface text for a web application that runs on Java 5, and have a dilemma about how we output messages that are defined in properties files - the k

Answer 1

Use the ` character instead of ' for quoting. We use it all the time without problems.

Use MessageFormat only when you need it, otherwise they only bloat up the code and have no extra value.