01: // Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
02: //
03: // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
04: // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
05: // You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: //
07: // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: //
09: // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10: // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11: // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12: // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13: // limitations under the License.
14:
15: package org.apache.tapestry.ioc;
16:
17: /**
18: * Obtained from a {@link org.apache.tapestry.ioc.Messages}, used to format messages for a specific
19: * localized message key.
20: *
21: *
22: */
23: public interface MessageFormatter {
24: /**
25: * Formats the message. The arguments are passed to {@link java.util.Formatter} as is with one
26: * exception: Object of type {@link Throwable} are converted to their
27: * {@link Throwable#getMessage()} (or, if that is null, to the name of the class).
28: *
29: * @param args
30: * @return formatted string
31: */
32: String format(Object... args);
33: }
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