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Xerces2 is the next generation of high performance, fully compliant XML parsers in the Apache Xerces family. This new version of Xerces introduces the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), a complete framework for building parser components and configurations that is extremely modular and easy to program.

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package org.apache.xerces.util;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;

/**
 * This interface provides a generic message formatting mechanism and
 * is useful for producing messages that must be localized and/or formatted
 * with replacement text.
 *
 * @see org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter
 *
 * @author Andy Clark
 *
 * @version $Id: MessageFormatter.java 809242 2009-08-30 03:34:31Z mrglavas $
 */
public interface MessageFormatter {

    //
    // MessageFormatter methods
    //

    /**
     * Formats a message with the specified arguments using the given
     * locale information.
     * 
     * @param locale    The locale of the message.
     * @param key       The message key.
     * @param arguments The message replacement text arguments. The order
     *                  of the arguments must match that of the placeholders
     *                  in the actual message.
     * 
     * @return Returns the formatted message.
     *
     * @throws MissingResourceException Thrown if the message with the
     *                                  specified key cannot be found.
     */
    public String formatMessage(Locale locale, String key, Object[] arguments)
        throws MissingResourceException;

} // interface MessageFormatter