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.hivemind; 016 017/** 018 * A set of localized message strings. This is somewhat like a {@link java.util.ResourceBundle}, 019 * but with more flexibility about where the messages come from. In addition, it includes methods 020 * similar to {@link java.text.MessageFormat} for treating the messages as patterns. 021 * 022 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 023 */ 024public interface Messages 025{ 026 /** 027 * Searches for a localized string with the given key. If not found, a modified version of the 028 * key is returned (all upper-case and surrounded by square brackets). 029 */ 030 031 public String getMessage(String key); 032 033 /** 034 * Formats a string, using 035 * {@link java.text.MessageFormat#format(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object[])}. 036 * 037 * @param key 038 * the key used to obtain a localized pattern using {@link #getMessage(String)} 039 * @param arguments 040 * passed to the formatter 041 */ 042 043 public String format(String key, Object[] arguments); 044 045 /** 046 * Convienience method for invoking {@link #format(String, Object[])}. 047 */ 048 public String format(String key, Object argument); 049 050 /** 051 * Convienience method for invoking {@link #format(String, Object[])}. 052 */ 053 054 public String format(String key, Object argument1, Object argument2); 055 056 /** 057 * Convienience method for invoking {@link #format(String, Object[])}. 058 */ 059 public String format(String key, Object argument1, Object argument2, Object argument3); 060}