Introduce MessageFormatUtil class for locale independent string formatting

Author: yulian-gaponenko

io/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/io/util/MessageFormatUtil.java

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+/*
+
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+package com.itextpdf.io.util;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * This file is a helper class for internal usage only.
+ * Be aware that it's API and functionality may be changed in future.
+ */
+public class MessageFormatUtil {
+    public static String format(String pattern, Object... arguments) {
+        return new MessageFormat(pattern, Locale.ROOT).format(arguments);
+    }
+}