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package org.apache.logging.log4j.message;

/**
 * Creates flow messages. Implementations can provide different message format syntaxes.
 * @since 2.6
 */
public interface FlowMessageFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new entry message based on a format string with parameters.
     *
     * @param message format string
     * @param params  parameters
     * @return the new entry message
     * @since 2.20
     */
    EntryMessage newEntryMessage(String message, Object... params);

    /**
     * Creates a new entry message based on an existing message.
     *
     * @param message the original message
     * @return the new entry message
     */
    EntryMessage newEntryMessage(Message message);

    /**
     * Creates a new exit message based on a return value and a forma string.
     *
     * @param format a format string
     * @param result the return value
     * @return the new exit message
     * @since 2.20
     */
    ExitMessage newExitMessage(String format, Object result);

    /**
     * Creates a new exit message based on no return value and an existing message.
     *
     * @param message the original entry message
     * @return the new exit message
     * @since 2.20
     */
    ExitMessage newExitMessage(Message message);

    /**
     * Creates a new exit message based on a return value and an existing message.
     *
     * @param result the return value.
     * @param message the original message
     * @return the new exit message
     */
    ExitMessage newExitMessage(Object result, Message message);

    /**
     * Creates a new exit message based on no return value and an existing entry message.
     *
     * @param message the original entry message
     * @return the new exit message
     */
    ExitMessage newExitMessage(EntryMessage message);

    /**
     * Creates a new exit message based on a return value and an existing entry message.
     *
     * @param result the return value.
     * @param message the original entry message
     * @return the new exit message
     */
    ExitMessage newExitMessage(Object result, EntryMessage message);
}