baja-Format

Format (or “BFormat”) is used to format objects into strings using a standardized formatting pattern language. The format string is normal text with embedded scripts denoted by the % percent character (use %% to insert a real %). A script is one or more calls chained together using the . dot operator. Calls are mapped to methods using reflections. Given call “foo”, the order of reflection mapping is:

special call (see below)
getFoo(Context)
getFoo()
foo(Context)
foo()
get("foo")

The following special functions are available to use in a script:

time() calls Clock.time() to get current time as an AbsTime
lexicon(module:key) gets the specified lexicon text

Examples of formats:

"hello world"
"my name is %displayName%"
"my parent's name is %parent.displayName%"
"%value% {%status.flagsToString%} @ %status.priority%"
"%time().toDateString%"
"%lexicon(bajaui:dialog.error)%"

For related details, see the engineering notes document BFormat (Baja Format) Property Usage.