IMessageReplacer.java

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package org.jowidgets.i18n.api;

import java.util.Collection;

public interface IMessageReplacer {

    /**
     * Replaces all variables (%1, ..., %n) with the given string parameters
     * 
     * @param message The message that contains variables
     * @param parameter The parameters to insert
     * 
     * @return A new string where the variables was replaced with the parameters
     */
    String replace(String message, String... parameter);

    /**
     * Replaces all variables (%1, ..., %n) with the given string parameters
     * 
     * @param message The message that contains variables
     * @param parameter The parameters to insert
     * 
     * @return A new string where the variables was replaced with the parameters
     */
    String replace(String message, Collection<String> parameter);

}