TranslationService.java

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package org.vaadin.addons.javaee.i18n;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Generic translation service. To extend it, just create a new TranslationSPI. The impl looks at all TranslationSPI implementations inside
 * the CDI container and uses them. The order cannot be specified.
 * 
 * @author contact@thomas-letsch.de
 * 
 */
public interface TranslationService extends Serializable {

    Map<String, String> get(String prefix, Collection<String> values);

    String getText(String key, Object... params);
}