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package com.phloc.commons.text;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Locale;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* Basic interface for object providing multilingual texts without arguments.
* See also {@link ITextProvider} for a derived interface with argument
* handling.
*
* @author Philip Helger
*/
public interface ISimpleTextProvider extends Serializable
{
/**
* Get the text specific for the passed locale. The implementation class MUST
* NOT add locale-generalisation when resolving the text ("de_DE" => "de" =>
* default).
*
* @param aContentLocale
* The locale to use. May not be null.
* @return null if no text for the given locale was found.
*/
@Nullable
String getText (@Nonnull Locale aContentLocale);
/**
* Get the text specific for the passed locale. The implementation class MUST
* add locale-generalisation when resolving the text ("de_DE" => "de" =>
* default).
*
* @param aContentLocale
* The locale to use. May not be null.
* @return null if no text for the given locale was found.
* @see com.phloc.commons.locale.LocaleUtils#getCalculatedLocaleListForResolving(Locale)
*/
@Nullable
String getTextWithLocaleFallback (@Nonnull Locale aContentLocale);
}