Re: [eclipse-dev] NLS.bind(...) vs MessageFormat.format(...)

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The memory footprint has nothing to
do with whether you use NLS#bind or MessageFormat#format. The memory footprint
reduction comes from using the NLS mechanism of defining a Java file and
a property file.  The savings from using this can be significant for
large applications (if you call several MB of memory significant). More
info here:

http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-core/documents/3.1/message_bundles.html

There is a speed difference between
these methods, so for those who care about speed it's still worth using
even if you don't care about memory.

John

A seasoned programmer wrote on 04/08/2008 10:03:47
AM:

> PS: As a seasoned programmer, I suggest to forget about NLS and always
> use MessageFormat, because a) the runtime footprint doesn't matter
for
> most of the cases (yes, it's different but not noticeably so) and
b) you
> don't have to remember a second API and c) chances are that you'll
run
> into a case eventually which can't be solved using NLS, so you'll
end up
> having to use and maintain two APIs in your code.