title: How to escape curly brackets in .properties file in Struts 1.2
body: <p>I have a requirement to retain the curly brackets from properties file in my rendered JSP code. Is it possible? </p>
  
  <p>I have tried options like: <code>\{</code>, <code>'{</code>, <code>{{</code>, <code>'{'</code>, <code>/{</code>, but no help. </p>
  
  <p>At runtime, I get an exception: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't parse argument number</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The problem is that struts processes the <code>{}</code> as a placeholder for a runtime value. Any help greatly appreciated.</p>