This is a long shot, but I'm hoping to replace the newline literals in MessageFormat code like
LOG.log(INFO, "message={0}\nAnd extra blank line\n", new String[]{message});
with a platform-independent pattern. The String.format() pattern %n does not work for Logger or MessageFormat. I'd like to avoid passing System.lineseperator as an argument like this:
LOG.log(INFO, "message={0}{1}And a blank line{1}",new String[]{message, System.lineSeparator()});
I don't see any mention of newline or lineseparator in the docs for MessageFormat, but perhaps it is mentioned somewhere else. https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/text/MessageFormat.html
Does Java MessageFormat have a platform lineseparator like String.format does?
According to my reading of the code, the answer is No.
And there aren't any extant RFEs or Bug reports about this that I can see in the Java or OpenJDK Bug trackers1.
However, as Joop notes, since you are actually asking this in the context of logging, there are a few other ways to solve this (though not all will be practical):
MessageFormat that recognizes a syntax that means "platform specific line separator".java.util.Formatter for message construction. AFAIK, most modern frameworks do.1 - You could read that as "evidence" of how little use there is of MessageFormat in real world / modern applications, or how few people use it in contexts where line separators matter.
@Bohemian commented:
Why do you want to avoid "passing System.lineseparator as an argument"?
I would have thought that was self-evident. It is clunky.