public class MessageFormatTest { public static void main(String[] args) { try { String data = "java:app/myConnectionPool"; String deadlyString = "my data '{ '} {0}"; String logMessage = java.text.MessageFormat.format(deadlyString, data); System.out.println(logMessage); } catch(Exception e) { System.err.println("Invalid Message"); System.err.println(e); } } }