1 /* 2 * Copyright 2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 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, 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.apache.commons.scaffold.util; 18 19 20 /** 21 * An encapsulation of an individual message stored in a Messages object, consisting 22 * of a message key (to be used to look up message text in an appropriate 23 * message resources database) plus up to four placeholder objects that can 24 * be used for parametric replacement in the message text. 25 * @author Craig R. McClanahan 26 * @author David Winterfeldt 27 * @author Ted Husted 28 * @version $Revision: 155464 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 13:26:54 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $ 29 */ 30 31 public interface Message { 32 33 /** 34 * Get the message key for this message. 35 */ 36 public String getKey(); 37 38 /** 39 * Get the replacement values for this message. 40 */ 41 public Object[] getValues(); 42 43 } // end Message