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package org.cp.elements.text;

import java.text.MessageFormat;

/**
 * The {@link FormatUtils} class is an abstract utility class for working with text formatting.
 *
 * @author John J. Blum
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @see java.text.MessageFormat
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public abstract class FormatUtils {

  /**
   * Formats the given {@link String} of text.
   *
   * @param textPattern {@link String} text pattern to format.
   * @param args array of {@link Object} arguments to apply to the text pattern.
   * @return a formatted {@link String} of text with the arguments applied to the text pattern.
   * @see #messageFormat(String, Object...)
   * @see #stringFormat(String, Object...)
   * @see java.lang.String
   */
  public static String format(String textPattern, Object... args) {
    return messageFormat(stringFormat(textPattern, args), args);
  }

  /**
   * Formats the given {@link String} of text using the {@link MessageFormat} class.
   *
   * @param textPattern {@link String} text pattern to format.
   * @param args array of {@link Object} arguments to apply to the text pattern.
   * @return a formatted {@link String} of text with the arguments applied to the text pattern
   * using the {@link MessageFormat} class.
   * @see java.text.MessageFormat
   * @see java.lang.String
   */
  protected static String messageFormat(String textPattern, Object... args) {
    return MessageFormat.format(textPattern, args);
  }

  /**
   * Formats the given {@link String} of text using the {@link String#format(String, Object...)} method.
   *
   * @param textPattern {@link String} text pattern to format.
   * @param args array of {@link Object} arguments to apply to the text pattern.
   * @return a formatted {@link String} of text with the arguments applied to the text pattern
   * using the {@link String#format(String, Object...)} method.
   * @see java.lang.String#format(String, Object...)
   * @see java.lang.String
   */
  protected static String stringFormat(String textPattern, Object... args) {
    return String.format(textPattern, args);
  }
}