text-formatting

Can anyone recommend a framework for templating/formatting messages in a standalone application along the lines of the JSP EL (Expression Language)? I would expect to be able to instantiate a an object of some sort, give it a template along the lines of Dear ${customer.firstName}. You order will be dispatched on ${order.estimatedDispatchDate} provide it with a context which would include a value dictionary of parameter objects (in this case an object of type Customer with a name 'customer', say, and an object of type Order with a name 'order'). I know there are many template frameworks out

I have a very weird problem. After writing this: for (File f : currentFile.listFiles()) { if (f.isDirectory()){ System.out.println(f.getName()+"\t"+"Dir\t"+Command.getpremission(f)+"\t"+f.getTotalSpace()); } else{ System.out.println(f.getName()+"\t"+"File\t"+Command.getpremission(f)+"\t"+f.getTotalSpace()); } I see this printed: see.txt File rw 267642728448 see1.txt File rw 267642728456 see2.txt File rw 267642728448 Why is there a problem with the tabs? Building on this question , I use the following code to indent my messages: String prefix1 = "short text:"; String prefix2 =