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Central module for Tapestry, containing interfaces to the Java Servlet API and all core services and components.

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package org.apache.tapestry5.services.messages;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Resource;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.NotLazy;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;
import org.apache.tapestry5.model.ComponentModel;
import org.apache.tapestry5.services.InvalidationEventHub;

/**
 * Used to connect a Tapestry component to its message catalog, or to obtain the application catalog (that all
 * component message catalogs extend from). The application catalog is defined by the collection of {@link Resource}s
 * contributed to the service. In general, component libraries will contribute a Resource before the "AppCatalog" resource (representing
 * the application message catalog, WEB-INF/app.properties) so that the application can override messages of the component library.
 */
@UsesOrderedConfiguration(Resource.class)
public interface ComponentMessagesSource
{
    /**
     * Used to obtain a {@link Messages} instance for a particular component, within a particular locale. If the
     * component extends from another component, then its localized properties will merge with its parent's properties
     * (with the subclass overriding the super class on any conflicts).
     * 
     * @param componentModel
     * @param locale
     * @return the message catalog for the component, in the indicated locale
     */
    Messages getMessages(ComponentModel componentModel, Locale locale);

    /**
     * Gets the Messages derived from the application's message catalog.
     * 
     * @since 5.2.0
     */
    Messages getApplicationCatalog(Locale locale);

    /**
     * Returns the event hub that allows listeners to be notified when any underlying message catalog file is changed.
     * 
     * @since 5.1.0.0
     */
    @NotLazy
    InvalidationEventHub getInvalidationEventHub();
}