Using parameters/{0} substitutions when doing i18n in Velocity

Question

So I have a couple of messages in my property file that looks like this:

email.errordetailstemplate.subject=An error occurred in {0}
email.errordetailstemplate.errordetails=--- Error details ---

Going by the recommendations here I can then easily do this:

$messages.getMessage("email.errordetailstemplate.errordetails", null, $locale)

...but what I would love to be able to do is to be able to do substitution of {0} like this:

$messages.getMessage("email.errordetailstemplate.subject", $productname, $locale)

I'm sure it's possible, but I just can't figure out the proper syntax. Can anybody help me out?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '14 at 05:59

Just using this syntax should work:

$messages.getMessage("email.errordetailstemplate.errordetails", [$productName], $locale)

I say "should" because my need disappeared, and so I haven't had a reason to verify.

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