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package org.apache.logging.log4j.message;

/**
 * Creates messages. Implementations can provide different message format syntaxes.
 *
 * @see ParameterizedMessageFactory
 * @see StringFormatterMessageFactory
 */
public interface MessageFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new message based on an Object.
     *
     * @param message
     *            a message object
     * @return a new message
     */
    Message newMessage(Object message);

    /**
     * Creates a new message based on a String.
     *
     * @param message
     *            a message String
     * @return a new message
     */
    Message newMessage(String message);

    /**
     * Creates a new parameterized message.
     *
     * @param message
     *            a message template, the kind of message template depends on the implementation.
     * @param params
     *            the message parameters
     * @return a new message
     * @see ParameterizedMessageFactory
     * @see StringFormatterMessageFactory
     */
    Message newMessage(String message, Object... params);
}