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+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.search.system/src/com/nokia/carbide/search/system2/internal/ui/Messages.java	Fri Apr 03 23:33:03 2009 +0100
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package com.nokia.carbide.search.system2.internal.ui;
+
+import com.ibm.icu.text.MessageFormat;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to format message strings.
+ * 
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public class Messages {
+
+	public static String format(String message, Object object) {
+		return MessageFormat.format(message, new Object[] { object});
+	}
+
+	public static String format(String message, Object[] objects) {
+		return MessageFormat.format(message, objects);
+	}
+
+	private Messages() {
+		// Not for instantiation
+	}
+}