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package org.apache.deltaspike.core.api.message;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Basic interface for all messages.
*
* A Message
is not a simple String but all the
* information needed to create those Strings for multiple situations.
* The situation ist determined by the used {@link MessageContext}.
*/
public interface Message extends Serializable
{
/**
* @param messageTemplate message key (or inline-text) for the current message
* @return the current instance of the message builder to allow a fluent api
*/
Message template(String messageTemplate);
/**
* @param arguments numbered and/or named argument(s) for the current message
* @return the current instance of the message builder to allow a fluent api
*/
Message argument(Serializable... arguments);
/**
* Argument array. Similar to argument except it is meant to handle an array being passed in via a chain.
*
* @param arguments
* the arguments
* @return the message
*/
Message argumentArray(Serializable[] arguments);
/**
* Argument. Similar to the other argument methods, exception it handles collections.
*
* @param arguments
* the arguments
* @return the message
*/
Message argument(Collection arguments);
/**
* @return the message key (or inline-text) of the current message
*/
String getTemplate();
/**
* @return all named and numbered arguments
*/
Object[] getArguments();
/**
* Renders the Message to a String, using the {@link MessageContext}
* which created the Message.
*/
String toString();
/**
* Renders the Message to a String, using an
* arbitrary {@link MessageContext}.
*/
String toString(MessageContext messageContext);
/**
* Renders the Message to a String, using the {@link MessageContext}
* which created the Message.
* While resolving the message we will
* first search for a messageTemplate with the given category by
* just adding a dot '_' and the category String to the
* {@link #getTemplate()}.
* If no such a template exists we will fallback to the version
* without the category String
*/
String toString(String category);
/**
* Renders the Message to a String, using an
* arbitrary {@link MessageContext}.
* While resolving the message we will
* first search for a messageTemplate with the given category by
* just adding a dot '_' and the category String to the
* {@link #getTemplate()}.
* If no such a template exists we will fallback to the version
* without the category String
*/
String toString(MessageContext messageContext, String category);
}