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package org.jboss.solder.messages;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Assigns a message string to a resource method. The method arguments are used to supply the positional parameter
* values for the method.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a>
*/
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Message {
/**
* Indicates that this message has no ID.
*/
int NONE = 0;
/**
* Indicates that this message should inherit the ID from another message with the same name.
*/
int INHERIT = -1;
/**
* The message ID number. Only one message with a given name may specify an ID other than {@link #INHERIT}.
*
* @return the message ID number
*/
int id() default INHERIT;
/**
* The default format string of this message.
*
* @return the format string
*/
String value();
/**
* The format type of this method (defaults to {@link Format#PRINTF}).
*
* @return the format type
*/
Format format() default Format.PRINTF;
/**
* The possible format types.
*/
enum Format {
/**
* A {@link java.util.Formatter}-type format string.
*/
PRINTF,
/**
* A {@link java.text.MessageFormat}-type format string.
*/
MESSAGE_FORMAT,
/**
* An expression language type format string.
*/
EXP_LANG
}
}