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package org.apache.deltaspike.core.api.message;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.apache.deltaspike.core.api.config.DeltaSpikeConfig;
/**
* Implementations are responsible to replace placeholders in a message with the final value.
*
* <p>
* An application can provide a custom implementation as @Alternative.</p>
*
* <p>
* A simple implementation which uses the {@link String#format(java.util.Locale, String, Object...)} will be used by
* default.</p>
*/
public interface MessageInterpolator extends Serializable, DeltaSpikeConfig
{
/**
* Replaces the arguments of the given message with the given arguments.
*
* @param messageText the message text which has to be interpolated
* @param arguments a list of numbered and/or named arguments for the current message
* @param locale to use for the formatting
*
* @return the final (interpolated) message text if it was possible to replace the parameters with the given
* arguments, or the unmodified messageText otherwise
*/
String interpolate(String messageText, Serializable[] arguments, Locale locale);
}