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 * $Id: L10NMessage.java,v 1.2 2008/06/25 05:53:04 qcheng Exp $
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package com.sun.identity.shared.locale;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * This interface provides access to error code and resource bundle name to
 * provide localised error message.
 */
public interface L10NMessage {
    /**
     * Use this method to get localized error message directly.
     * 
     * @param loc Locale of the error message.
     * @return localized error message.
     */
    public String getL10NMessage(Locale loc);

    /**
     * Use this method to chain this exception with another to get localized
     * error messge use getL10NMessage method
     * 
     * @return ResourceBundle Name associated with this error message.
     */
    public String getResourceBundleName();

    /**
     * Use this method to chain this exception with another to get localized
     * error messge use getL10NMessage method
     * 
     * @return Error code associated with this error message.
     */
    public String getErrorCode();

    /**
     * Use this method to chain this exception with another to get localized
     * error messge use getL10NMessage method
     * 
     * @return arguments for formatting this error message. You need to use
     *         MessageFormat class to format the message It can be null.
     */
    public Object[] getMessageArgs();

    /**
     * Use this method to get error message in default ENGLISH locale.
     * 
     * @return gets error message
     */
    public String getMessage();

}