| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2013 Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.e4.core.services.nls; |
| |
| import java.util.Locale; |
| import java.util.ResourceBundle; |
| import org.eclipse.e4.core.services.translation.ResourceBundleProvider; |
| |
| /** |
| * Service that is responsible for creating and managing message class instances. |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| public interface IMessageFactoryService { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an instance of the of a given messages class for the given {@link Locale}. If |
| * configured it caches the created instances and return the already created instances. |
| * Otherwise a new instance will be created. |
| * |
| * @param locale |
| * The {@link Locale} for which the message class instance is requested. |
| * @param messages |
| * The type of the message class whose instance is requested. |
| * @param provider |
| * The service that is needed to retrieve {@link ResourceBundle} objects from a |
| * bundle with a given locale. |
| * @return An instance of the given messages class and {@link Locale}. |
| */ |
| <M> M getMessageInstance(final Locale locale, final Class<M> messages, |
| ResourceBundleProvider provider); |
| } |
