1 /*
2 * Copyright 2007-2013 smartics, Kronseder & Reiner GmbH
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16 package de.smartics.exceptions.i18n;
17
18 import java.util.Locale;
19 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
20
21 import de.smartics.exceptions.i18n.message.MessageType;
22
23 /**
24 * The message composer creates messages from message templates by replacing the
25 * place holders with localized parameter values.
26 */
27 public interface MessageComposer
28 {
29 // ********************************* Fields *********************************
30
31 // --- constants ------------------------------------------------------------
32
33 // ****************************** Inner Classes *****************************
34
35 // ********************************* Methods ********************************
36
37 // --- get&set --------------------------------------------------------------
38
39 // --- business -------------------------------------------------------------
40
41 /**
42 * Creates the message from the message template.
43 *
44 * @param bean the instance with the values for the message template's
45 * parameters.
46 * @param locale the locale to use to format the arguments within the
47 * template.
48 * @param bundle the resource bundle to fetch the message from.
49 * @param keyPrefix the prefix to the key to fetch the message from the
50 * bundle. The suffix is provided by the message type.
51 * @param messageType the type of message to format. This allows to access the
52 * correct index of the exception's value within the template.
53 * @return the message constructed from the template and the exception's
54 * member values.
55 */
56 String composeMessage(Object bean, Locale locale, ResourceBundle bundle,
57 String keyPrefix, MessageType messageType);
58
59 // --- object basics --------------------------------------------------------
60 }