01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.context;
18:
19: /**
20: * Interface for objects that are suitable for message resolution in a
21: * {@link MessageSource}.
22: *
23: * <p>Spring's own validation error classes implement this interface.
24: *
25: * @author Juergen Hoeller
26: * @see MessageSource#getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable, java.util.Locale)
27: * @see org.springframework.validation.ObjectError
28: * @see org.springframework.validation.FieldError
29: */
30: public interface MessageSourceResolvable {
31:
32: /**
33: * Return the codes to be used to resolve this message, in the order that
34: * they should get tried. The last code will therefore be the default one.
35: * @return a String array of codes which are associated with this message
36: */
37: public String[] getCodes();
38:
39: /**
40: * Return the array of arguments to be used to resolve this message.
41: * @return an array of objects to be used as parameters to replace
42: * placeholders within the message text
43: * @see java.text.MessageFormat
44: */
45: public Object[] getArguments();
46:
47: /**
48: * Return the default message to be used to resolve this message.
49: * @return the default message, or <code>null</code> if no default
50: */
51: public String getDefaultMessage();
52:
53: }
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