Often times, I have components which have MessageFormat configurable String. With the current n2b, it's a bit of a pita, as I have to have a setMyFormat(String s) and convert it manually every time. It's never clear if/how/when/where I should convert this string in a MessageFormat instance. N2B could simply convert it for me. See attached patch.

A very similar patch could be applied to support java.util.regex.Pattern.