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002//
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014
015package org.apache.hivemind.internal;
016
017import java.util.Locale;
018
019/**
020 * An abstraction around the ResourceBundler-style property names and localized messages. The goal
021 * is to implement a {@link org.apache.hivemind.Messages} that obtains the actual localizations from
022 * an external source.
023 * 
024 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
025 */
026public interface MessageFinder
027{
028    /**
029     * Returns a message matching the key, in the indicated locale.
030     */
031
032    public String getMessage(String key, Locale locale);
033}