title: Are there alternatives to String.format that use cached formatting?
body: <p>Are there any alternatives to Java's String.format which can cache the format String insead of requiring a format parse on each run? it would probably look something like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>Formatter formatter = new Formatter( "oh %s" );
  
  formatter.format("my"); // oh my
  </code></pre>