org.mentawai.message
Interface Message

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessage, DefaultMessage

public interface Message

Describes the behavior of a text message that can be displayed in web page. A messsage has an ID and a message context from where to get the message as text. Messages are localized and can have tokens.

Author:

Sergio Oliveira

Method Summary

MessageContext	getContext() Gets the message context for this message.
String	getId() Gets the unique ID of this message.
String[]	getParams() Gets params for this message.
String	getText(Locale loc) Gets the message text this message object represents.
Map<String,String>	getTokens() Gets tokens or placeholders for this message.
void	setTokens(Map<String,String> tokens) Sets tokens or placeholders for this message.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Gets the unique ID of this message. A message context cannot have two messages with the same id.

Returns:

The unique id of this message.

getContext

MessageContext getContext()

Gets the message context for this message.

Returns:

The message context for this message.

getText

String getText(Locale loc)

Gets the message text this message object represents.

Parameters:

loc - The locale of the message.

Returns:

The message text.

setTokens

void setTokens(Map<String,String> tokens)

Sets tokens or placeholders for this message. A message can have tokens.

Parameters:

tokens - The tokens for this message.

getTokens

Map<String,String> getTokens()

Gets tokens or placeholders for this message.

getParams

String[] getParams()

Gets params for this message.