001/* 002 * Sonar, open source software quality management tool. 003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource 004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com 005 * 006 * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 010 * 011 * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software 018 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02 019 */ 020package org.sonar.api.i18n; 021 022import org.sonar.api.BatchComponent; 023import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent; 024 025import java.util.Locale; 026 027/** 028 * Main component that provides translation facilities. 029 * 030 * @since 2.10 031 */ 032public interface I18n extends ServerComponent, BatchComponent { 033 034 /** 035 * Searches the message of the <code>key</code> for the <code>locale</code> in the list of available bundles. 036 * <br> 037 * If not found in any bundle, <code>defaultText</code> is returned. 038 * <p/> 039 * If additional parameters are given (in the objects list), the result is used as a message pattern 040 * to use in a MessageFormat object along with the given parameters. 041 * 042 * @param locale the locale to translate into 043 * @param key the key of the pattern to translate 044 * @param defaultValue the default pattern returned when the key is not found in any bundle 045 * @param parameters the parameters used to format the message from the translated pattern. 046 * @return the message formatted with the translated pattern and the given parameters 047 */ 048 String message(final Locale locale, final String key, final String defaultValue, final Object... parameters); 049 050}