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package org.apache.deltaspike.core.api.message;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Basic interface for all messages.
*
* <p>
* A <code>Message</code> is not a simple String but all the information needed to create those Strings for multiple
* situations. The situation is determined by the used {@link MessageContext}.</p>
*/
public interface Message extends Serializable
{
/**
* @param messageTemplate message key (or plain 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, this one handles collections.
*
* @param arguments the arguments
*
* @return the message
*/
Message argument(Collection<Serializable> arguments);
/**
* @return the message key (or plain 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 an underscore '_' and
* the category String to the {@link #getTemplate()}. If no such template exists we will fall back to the version
* without the category String.
* <p>
* DeltaSpike JSF messages e.g. distinguish between categories
* {@code "summary"} and {@code "detail"}
* to allow a short and a more detailed explanation in Error, Warn and Info popups at the same time.
* </p>
*/
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 an underscore '_' and the category
* String to the {@link #getTemplate()}. If no such template exists we will fall back to the version without the
* category String.
*/
String toString(MessageContext messageContext, String category);
}