Apostrophe doesn't get translated properly when placed in a resource bundle

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Apostrophe doesn't get translated properly when placed in a resource bundle.

key = {0}'s brush is {1} centimeters tall

(e.g. Sam's brush is 4 centimeters tall)

The apostrophe gets missed if I format the above key from a java.util.ResourceBundle What could be the problem here?

Java Solutions

Solution 1 - Java

You should escape the single quote as

key = {0}''s brush is {1} centimeters tall

Solution 2 - Java

I strongly belive that the problem is not the ressource bundle but the MessageFormater you use to print the message:

From MessageFormater java doc:

> Within a String, '' (two single quotes ) represents a > single quote. A QuotedString can > contain arbitrary characters except > single quotes; the surrounding single > quotes are removed. An UnquotedString > can contain arbitrary characters > except single quotes and left curly > brackets. Thus, a string that should > result in the formatted message > '{0}' can be written as '''{'0}'' > or '''{0}'''.

So you need to write:

{0}''s brush is {1} centimeters tall

Solution 3 - Java

Adding to @Ralph's answer: You will realize that this is a MessageFormat thing when you have a text like

text1=It's too late

versus

text2={0}''s too late

text1 would probably not run through a MessageFormater (e.g. spring has different code paths if arguments are passed or not), whereas text2 would. So if you used two single quotes in text1, they may / will display as such. So you'll need to check if any arguments get formatted in or not and use one or two single quotes accordingly.

Solution 4 - Java

Look at the javadoc here

> Within a String, "''" represents a > single quote. A QuotedString can > contain arbitrary characters except > single quotes; the surrounding single > quotes are removed. An UnquotedString > can contain arbitrary characters > except single quotes and left curly > brackets. Thus, a string that should > result in the formatted message > "'{0}'" can be written as "'''{'0}''" > or "'''{0}'''".

Solution 5 - Java

You need to double single quote i.e. {0}''s brush is {1} centimeters tall

Solution 6 - Java

If you are completely stuck, as I was (none of the above worked), you can replace the apostrophe sign with its Unicode: \u0027. Remember you are always allowed to use UTF symbol in your properties file.

Solution 7 - Java

Consider using Properties Editor plugin (for Eclipse)

http://propedit.sourceforge.jp/index_en.html

Solution 8 - Java

For everyone that has Android problems in the string.xml, use '' instead of single quote.

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