This is an example of a simple message file, say in sampleMessages.xml, which has defined messages for only a single component.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE MessageFile SYSTEM "../org.eclipse.rse.ui/messageFile.dtd"> <!-- This is an exammple of a message file used by SystemMessage and SystemMessageDialog --> <MessageFile Version="1.0"> <Component Name="Samples Plugin" Abbr="SPP"> <Subcomponent Name="Dialogs" Abbr="D"> <!-- Component 'D' for dialog sample messages --> <MessageList> <Message ID="1000" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>You must enter a name</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>You have left the customer name empty. Specify a name.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1001" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>You must enter a birth year</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>You have left the birth year empty. Specify a year.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1002" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>%1 is not a valid year</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The birth year specified is not within the valid range of %2 to %3.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1003" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>Year %1 is out of range</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The value you specified for the birth year is not a valid number.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1004" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>You must enter a birth month</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>You have left the birth month empty. Specify a month.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1005" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>%1 is not a valid month</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The value you specified for the birth month is not a valid number.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1006" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>Month %1 is out of range</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The birth month specified is not within the valid range of %2 to %3.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1007" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>You must enter a birth day</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>You have left the birth day empty. Specify a day.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1008" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>%1 is not a valid day</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The value you specified for the birth day is not a valid number.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1009" Indicator="E"> <LevelOne>Day %1 is out of range</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The birth day specified is not within the valid range of %2 to %3.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1010" Indicator="I"> <LevelOne>Customer %1 created successfully. Re-run to see update mode.</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>The customer was created. Re-running the same sample action will show the dialog in update mode.</LevelTwo> </Message> <Message ID="1011" Indicator="I"> <LevelOne>Customer %1 updated successfully.</LevelOne> <LevelTwo>Congratulations!</LevelTwo> </Message> </MessageList> </Subcomponent> </Component> </MessageFile>