Bug 365378 - Externalize Strings could optionally use an XML properties file
Summary: Externalize Strings could optionally use an XML properties file
Status: NEW
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Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 3.8   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: JDT-Core-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-12-01 19:20 EST by Brian Davis CLA
Modified: 2011-12-01 19:20 EST (History)
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Description Brian Davis CLA 2011-12-01 19:20:10 EST 
Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

There are reasons (handling of special characters including line breaks) for wanting to use an XML properties file for externalized strings instead of the traditional properties file. It would be great if Eclipse supported XML properties files in this feature. I can currently use the tool to generate, then modify the Message class and the properties file to XML and it will work at runtime, but I lose all the really cool clickthrough type features (and I can't just generate straight to the XML).

Reproducible: Always