String concatenation as argument to 'MessageFormat.format()' call

Reports non-constant string concatenations used as an argument to a call to MessageFormat.format().

While occasionally intended, this is usually a misuse of the formatting method and may even cause unexpected exceptions if the variables used in the concatenated string contain special characters like {.

Also, sometimes this could be the result of mistakenly concatenating a string format argument by typing a + when a , was meant.

Example:

Here, the userName will be interpreted as a part of the format string, which may result in IllegalArgumentException (for example, if userName is "{"). This call should be probably replaced with MessageFormat.format("Hello, {0}! Your balance is {1}.", userName, balance).