001    /*
002     * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 SonarSource
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * SonarQube 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     * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
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019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.i18n;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.BatchComponent;
023    import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent;
024    import org.sonar.api.rules.Rule;
025    
026    import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
027    
028    import java.util.Locale;
029    
030    /**
031     * {@link I18n}-companion component that provides translation facilities for rule names, descriptions and parameter names.
032     * 
033     * @since 3.2
034     */
035    public interface RuleI18n extends ServerComponent, BatchComponent {
036    
037      /**
038       * Returns the localized name of the rule identified by its repository key and rule key.
039       * <br>
040       * If the name is not found in the given locale, then the default name is returned (the English one).
041       * This method could return null if no default name found. This is the cause for instance the copies rules.
042       *
043       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
044       * @param ruleKey the rule key
045       * @param locale not used
046       * @return the translated name of the rule, or the default English one if the given locale is not supported, or null
047       * @deprecated since 4.1. Rules are not localized anymore. See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-4885
048       */
049      @Deprecated
050      @CheckForNull
051      String getName(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey, Locale locale);
052    
053      /**
054       * Returns the name of the rule identified by its repository key and rule key.
055       * <br>
056       * This method could return null if no default name found. This is the cause for instance the copies rules.
057       *
058       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
059       * @param ruleKey the rule key
060       * @return the nullable name of the rule
061       * @since 4.1
062       */
063      @CheckForNull
064      String getName(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey);
065    
066      /**
067       * Returns the localized name or the name of the rule.
068       * <br>
069       * If the name is not found in the given locale, then the default name is returned (the English one).
070       * It the default name is not found, then the rule name is returned.
071       *
072       * @param rule the rule
073       * @param locale the locale to translate into
074       * @return the translated name of the rule, or the default English one if the given locale is not supported, or the rule name.
075       * @deprecated since 4.1. Rules are not localized anymore. See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-4885
076       */
077      @Deprecated
078      @CheckForNull
079      String getName(Rule rule, Locale locale);
080    
081      /**
082       * Returns the name of the rule.
083       * <br>
084       * It the default name is not found, then the rule name is returned.
085       *
086       * @param rule the rule
087       * @return the nullable name of the rule
088       * @since 4.1
089       */
090      @CheckForNull
091      String getName(Rule rule);
092    
093      /**
094       * Returns the localized description of the rule identified by its repository key and rule key.
095       * <br>
096       * If the description is not found in the given locale, then the default description is returned (the English one).
097       * As a rule must have a description (this is a constraint in Sonar), this method never returns null.
098       *
099       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
100       * @param ruleKey the rule key
101       * @param locale  the locale to translate into
102       * @return the translated description of the rule, or the default English one if the given locale is not supported
103       * @deprecated since 4.1. Rules are not localized anymore. See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-4885
104       */
105      @Deprecated
106      String getDescription(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey, Locale locale);
107    
108      /**
109       * Returns the description of the rule identified by its repository key and rule key.
110       * <br>
111       * As a rule must have a description (this is a constraint in SonarQube), this method never returns null.
112       *
113       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
114       * @param ruleKey the rule key
115       * @return the description of the rule
116       * @since 4.1
117       */
118      String getDescription(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey);
119    
120      /**
121       * Returns the localized name of the rule parameter identified by the rules's key and repository key, and by the parameter key.
122       * <br>
123       * If the name is not found in the given locale, then the English translation is searched and return if found. Otherwise,
124       * this method returns null (= if no translation can be found).
125       *
126       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
127       * @param ruleKey the rule key
128       * @param paramKey the parameter key
129       * @param locale the locale to translate into
130       * @return the translated name of the rule parameter, or the default English one if the given locale is not supported, or null if
131       *         no translation can be found.
132       * @deprecated since 4.1. Rules are not localized anymore. See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-4885
133       */
134      @Deprecated
135      @CheckForNull
136      String getParamDescription(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey, String paramKey, Locale locale);
137    
138      /**
139       * Returns the name of the rule parameter identified by the rules's key and repository key, and by the parameter key.
140       *
141       * @param repositoryKey the repository key
142       * @param ruleKey the rule key
143       * @param paramKey the parameter key
144       * @return the nullable name of the rule parameter
145       * @since 4.1
146       */
147      @CheckForNull
148      String getParamDescription(String repositoryKey, String ruleKey, String paramKey);
149    
150    }