Added java.lang.String's other format variant t...

Added java.lang.String's other format variant to RichString. At a glance
this may appear to create a conflict because format takes (args: Any*),
but since there is no format specifier for a Locale object, the first
argument being one such unambiguously means the second variant. i18n or
bust!

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala b/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
index 954701999d..470cefabfe 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
@@ -214,5 +214,22 @@ class RichString(val self: String) extends Proxy with Vector[Char] with VectorTe
    */
   def format(args : Any*) : String =
     java.lang.String.format(self, args.toArray[Any].asInstanceOf[Array[AnyRef]]: _*)
+
+  /** <p>
+   *  Like format(args*) but takes an initial Locale parameter
+   *  which influences formatting as in java.lang.String's format.
+   *  </p>
+   *  <p>
+   *    The interpretation of the formatting patterns is described in
+   *    <a href="" target="contentFrame" class="java/util/Formatter">
+   *    <code>java.util.Formatter</code></a>.
+   *  </p>
+   *
+   *  @param locale an instance of java.util.Locale
+   *  @param args the arguments used to instantiating the pattern.
+   *  @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
+   */
+  def format(l: java.util.Locale, args: Any*): String =
+    java.lang.String.format(l, self, args.toArray[Any].asInstanceOf[Array[AnyRef]]: _*)
 }