001    /*
002     * Copyright 2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    
017    package org.apache.commons.scaffold.util;
018    
019    
020    /**
021     * An encapsulation of an individual message stored in a Messages object, consisting
022     * of a message key (to be used to look up message text in an appropriate
023     * message resources database) plus up to four placeholder objects that can
024     * be used for parametric replacement in the message text.
025     * @author Craig R. McClanahan
026     * @author David Winterfeldt
027     * @author Ted Husted
028     * @version $Revision: 155464 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 13:26:54 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
029     */
030    
031    public interface Message {
032    
033        /**
034         * Get the message key for this message.
035         */
036        public String getKey();
037    
038        /**
039         * Get the replacement values for this message.
040         */
041        public Object[] getValues();
042    
043    } // end Message