MessageGenderSelectFormatter

It is like a normal select-pattern (#36), but instead of using the value of the parameter directly, the value is passed to a gender-provider that returns the gender of the parameter value.

Predefined return values of the gender-provider

• m: masculine

• f: feminine

• n: neuter

• c: common

• u: unknown/undefined

The gender-provider may also return other values for currently unconsidered cases.

Example:

FORGOTTEN_BAG = The {0} has forgotten {0, gender, m {his} f {her} other {its}) bag.

FORGOTTEN_BAG("boy")  ->  The boy has forgotten his bag.

A general purpose gender-provider may be based on large directories. But this is an extensive task. Therefor the default implementation will use the attributes of the LocalizedString (#43), like the “attr-select-pattern”. So the example above would be written as

FORGOTTEN_BAG( BOY )

These subjects-string should be defined in a separate MessageBundle where also the “gender” attribute is defined, e.g.

subjects_en.properties

boy=boy
girl=girl
child=child

subjects_en_-x-attr-gender.properties

boy=m
girl=f
child=n