How can I refactor HTML markup out of my property files? | I've recently inherited a internationalized and text-heavy Struts 1.1 web application. Many of the JSP files look like:



```
<p>
    <bean:message key="alert" />
</p>

```

and the properties files look like:



```
messages.properties
alert=Please update your <a href="/address.do">address</a> and <a href="/contact.do">contact information</a>.

```

with the appropriate translations in N other languages (messages\_fr.properties, etc).


Problems:


1. ***DRY violation*** - I have N references to my Struts action URLs instead of 1, which makes refactoring action URLs error-prone.
2. ***Mixed concerns*** - My application's markup is now in more than just my JSP files, making it difficult for a web specialist to tweak the markup (using CSS, etc).
3. ***Post-translation markup*** - Anytime I receive newly-translated text, I must decide what to surround with the `<a>...</a>` markup. Easy for English but less so for unfamiliar languages.


I've considered adding placeholders in the messages file, like:



```
alert=Please update your {0} and {1}.

```

but then the words "address" and "contact information" would somehow need to be localized, wrapped with markup, and passed to my message tag - and I can't see an easy way to do it.


What can I do to improve this?