42 lines
1.4 KiB
Java
42 lines
1.4 KiB
Java
/*
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* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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package org.apache.commons.text;
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import java.text.Format;
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import java.util.Locale;
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/**
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* Format factory.
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*
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* @since 1.0
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*/
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public interface FormatFactory {
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/**
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* Gets or creates a format instance.
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*
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* @param name The format type name
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* @param arguments Arguments used to create the format instance. This allows the
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* {@code FormatFactory} to implement the "format style"
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* concept from {@code java.text.MessageFormat}.
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* @param locale The locale, may be null
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* @return The format instance
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*/
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Format getFormat(String name, String arguments, Locale locale);
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}
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