001 /*
002 * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
003 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
004 *
005 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
006 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
007 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
008 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
009 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
010 *
011 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
012 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
013 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
014 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
015 * accompanied this code).
016 *
017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
018 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
019 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
020 *
021 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
022 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
023 * have any questions.
024 */
025
026 package com.sun.tools.javac.api;
027
028 import java.util.Locale;
029
030 /**
031 * This interface must be implemented by any javac class that has non-trivial
032 * formatting needs (e.g. where toString() does not apply because of localization).
033 *
034 * @author Maurizio Cimadamore
035 */
036 public interface Formattable {
037
038 /**
039 * Used to obtain a localized String representing the object accordingly
040 * to a given locale
041 *
042 * @param locale locale in which the object's representation is to be rendered
043 * @param messages messages object used for localization
044 * @return a locale-dependent string representing the object
045 */
046 public String toString(Locale locale, Messages messages);
047 /**
048 * Retrieve a pretty name of this object's kind
049 * @return a string representing the object's kind
050 */
051 String getKind();
052
053 static class LocalizedString implements Formattable {
054 String key;
055
056 public LocalizedString(String key) {
057 this.key = key;
058 }
059
060 public String toString(java.util.Locale l, Messages messages) {
061 return messages.getLocalizedString(l, key);
062 }
063 public String getKind() {
064 return "LocalizedString";
065 }
066
067 public String toString() {
068 return key;
069 }
070 }
071 }