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