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// © 2022 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others.
// License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html

package com.ibm.icu.message2;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The interface that must be implemented for each formatting function name
 * that can be used from {@link MessageFormatter}.
 *
 * We use it to create and cache various formatters with various options.
 *
 * @internal ICU 72 technology preview
 * @deprecated This API is for technology preview only.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface FormatterFactory {
    /**
     * The method that is called to create a formatter.
     *
     * @param locale the locale to use for formatting.
     * @param fixedOptions the options to use for formatting. The keys and values are function dependent.
     * @return the formatter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *
     * @internal ICU 72 technology preview
     * @deprecated This API is for technology preview only.
     */
    @Deprecated
    Formatter createFormatter(Locale locale, Map fixedOptions);
}