001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 package org.apache.commons.lang.text; 018 019 import java.text.Format; 020 import java.util.Locale; 021 022 /** 023 * Format factory. 024 * 025 * @author Apache Software Foundation 026 * @since 2.4 027 * @version $Id: FormatFactory.java 905636 2010-02-02 14:03:32Z niallp $ 028 */ 029 public interface FormatFactory { 030 031 /** 032 * Create or retrieve a format instance. 033 * 034 * @param name The format type name 035 * @param arguments Arguments used to create the format instance. This allows the 036 * <code>FormatFactory</code> to implement the "format style" 037 * concept from <code>java.text.MessageFormat</code>. 038 * @param locale The locale, may be null 039 * @return The format instance 040 */ 041 Format getFormat(String name, String arguments, Locale locale); 042 043 }