MessageFormatter (Smooks 2.0.0-RC4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

XIncludeMessageFormatter, XMLMessageFormatter, XSMessageFormatter
```
public interface MessageFormatter
```
This interface provides a generic message formatting mechanism and is useful for producing messages that must be localized and/or formatted with replacement text.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Andy Clark

See Also:

XMLErrorReporter

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`formatMessage(Locale locale, String key, Object[] arguments)`	Formats a message with the specified arguments using the given locale information.

- Method Detail
  - formatMessage
```
String formatMessage(Locale locale,
                     String key,
                     Object[] arguments)
              throws MissingResourceException
```
    Formats a message with the specified arguments using the given locale information.
    
    Parameters:
    
    locale - The locale of the message.
    
    key - The message key.
    
    arguments - The message replacement text arguments. The order of the arguments must match that of the placeholders in the actual message.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the formatted message.
    
    Throws:
    
    MissingResourceException - Thrown if the message with the specified key cannot be found.