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/*
 * Copyright 2012-2015 Erwin Müller 
 *
 * This file is part of resources-texts.
 *
 * resources-texts is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 *
 * resources-texts is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with resources-texts. If not, see .
 */
package com.anrisoftware.resources.texts.api;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

import com.anrisoftware.resources.api.ResourcesException;

/**
 * Gives text resources. Text resources are either single words, line or whole
 * text.
 * 
 * An instance is usually created from the {@link TextsFactory} factory, in
 * which we can set the base name and optionally the class loader and the
 * control. The parameters are passed to the {@link ResourceBundle} class to
 * load the resource property file.
 * 

 * Example after instantiating the type:
 * 
 * 
 * Texts texts;
 * 
 * // ...
 * Locale locale = Locale.GERMAN;
 * TextResource text = texts.getResource("hello", locale);
 * String textString = text.getText();
 * System.out.println(textString);
 * 
 * // ...
 * TextResource text = texts.getResource("withplaceholders");
 * String textString = text.getFormattedText("text", 10, 0.333);
 * System.out.println(textString);
 * 
 * 
 * @author Erwin Mueller, [email protected]
 * @since 1.0
 * @see TextResource
 * @see TextsFactory
 */
public interface Texts {

	/**
	 * Returns the used resource bundle base name.
	 * 
	 * @return the used base name {@link String}.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.1
	 */
	String getBaseName();

	/**
	 * Returns the used resource bundle class loader.
	 * 
	 * @return the used {@link ClassLoader}.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.1
	 */
	ClassLoader getClassLoader();

	/**
	 * Returns the used resource bundle control.
	 * 
	 * @return the used {@link ResourceBundle.Control}.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.1
	 */
	ResourceBundle.Control getControl();

	/**
	 * 
	 * Returns the text resource with the given name and the default locale as
	 * in {@link Locale#getDefault()}.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            the name of the resource.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link TextResource}.
	 * 
	 * @throws ResourcesException
	 *             if the resource is not available.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	TextResource getResource(String name) throws ResourcesException;

	/**
	 * 
	 * Returns the text resource with the given name and language.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            the name of the resource.
	 * 
	 * @param locale
	 *            the {@link Locale} of the resource.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link TextResource}.
	 * 
	 * @throws ResourcesException
	 *             if the resource is not available.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	TextResource getResource(String name, Locale locale)
			throws ResourcesException;

}