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A processor for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML, written in Java
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package org.apache.xerces.util;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;
/**
* This interface provides a generic message formatting mechanism and
* is useful for producing messages that must be localized and/or formatted
* with replacement text.
*
* @see org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter
*
* @author Andy Clark
*
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface MessageFormatter {
//
// MessageFormatter methods
//
/**
* Formats a message with the specified arguments using the given
* locale information.
*
* @param locale The locale of the message.
* @param key The message key.
* @param arguments The message replacement text arguments. The order
* of the arguments must match that of the placeholders
* in the actual message.
*
* @return Returns the formatted message.
*
* @throws MissingResourceException Thrown if the message with the
* specified key cannot be found.
*/
public String formatMessage(Locale locale, String key, Object[] arguments)
throws MissingResourceException;
} // interface MessageFormatter