001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry.util.text; 016 017/** 018 * An interface for translating a character into a string. 019 * 020 * @author mb 021 * @since 4.0 022 */ 023public interface ICharacterTranslator 024{ 025 /** 026 * Translates the provided character into a string 027 * 028 * @param ch the character to be translated 029 * @return null if the character is not to be translated, 030 * an empty string if the character is to be ignored, 031 * or another string to represent the character translation 032 */ 033 String translate(char ch); 034}