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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);
}