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/* Copyright (c) The m-m-m Team, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 */
package net.sf.mmm.util.nls.api;

/**
 * This is the interface for a manager of {@link NlsFormatter}s. 

 * A legal implementation of this interface has to be thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface NlsFormatterManager {

  /** @see java.text.NumberFormat */
  String TYPE_NUMBER = "number";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateInstance(int, java.util.Locale) */
  String TYPE_DATE = "date";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#getTimeInstance(int, java.util.Locale) */
  String TYPE_TIME = "time";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateTimeInstance(int, int, java.util.Locale) */
  String TYPE_DATETIME = "datetime";

  /** @see net.sf.mmm.util.nls.impl.formatter.NlsFormatterChoice */
  String TYPE_CHOICE = "choice";

  /** Format for {@link java.lang.reflect.Type} */
  String TYPE_TYPE = "type";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#SHORT */
  String STYLE_SHORT = "short";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM */
  String STYLE_MEDIUM = "medium";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#LONG */
  String STYLE_LONG = "long";

  /** @see java.text.DateFormat#FULL */
  String STYLE_FULL = "full";

  /** @see java.text.NumberFormat#getIntegerInstance() */
  String STYLE_INTEGER = "integer";

  /** @see java.text.NumberFormat#getCurrencyInstance() */
  String STYLE_CURRENCY = "currency";

  /** @see java.text.NumberFormat#getPercentInstance() */
  String STYLE_PERCENT = "percent";

  /** @see net.sf.mmm.util.date.api.Iso8601Util */
  String STYLE_ISO_8601 = "iso8601";

  /**
   * This method gets the default {@link NlsFormatter}. 

   *
   * @see #getFormatter(String, String)
   *
   * @return the default {@link NlsFormatter} instance.
   */
  NlsFormatter