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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.base;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import net.sf.mmm.util.nls.api.NlsFormatter;
import net.sf.mmm.util.nls.api.NlsFormatterPlugin;

/**
 * This is the implementation of the {@link net.sf.mmm.util.nls.api.NlsFormatterManager} interface.
 *
 * @author Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public abstract class MappedNlsFormatterManager extends AbstractNlsFormatterManager {

  /** @see #getFormatter(String, String) */
  private NlsFormatterMap formatterMap;

  /**
   * The constructor.
   */
  public MappedNlsFormatterManager() {

    super();
  }

  /**
   * The constructor.
   *
   * @param formatterMap is the map with the registered formatters.
   */
  public MappedNlsFormatterManager(NlsFormatterMap formatterMap) {

    super();
    this.formatterMap = formatterMap;
  }

  /**
   * This method creates the {@link NlsFormatter} for the given {@code formatType} and the custom {@code subformat}. It
   * is called if no formatter is {@link NlsFormatterMap#registerFormatter(NlsFormatterPlugin, String, String)
   * registered} for the given arguments. 

   *
   * @param formatType is the type to be formatted.
   * @param subformat is the custom formatStyle for which no static formatter is registered.
   * @return the according custom formatter or {@code null} if no such formatter is could be created.
   */
  protected NlsFormatterPlugin