javax.validation

Interface MessageInterpolator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator, ValueFormatterMessageInterpolator

public interface MessageInterpolator

Interpolate a given constraint violation message. Implementations should be as tolerant as possible on syntax errors.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	interpolate(String messageTemplate, MessageInterpolator.Context context) Interpolate the message template based on the contraint validation context.
String	interpolate(String messageTemplate, MessageInterpolator.Context context, Locale locale) Interpolate the message template based on the contraint validation context.

Method Detail

interpolate

String interpolate(String messageTemplate,
                 MessageInterpolator.Context context)

Interpolate the message template based on the contraint validation context. The locale is defaulted according to the MessageInterpolator implementation. See the implementation documentation for more detail.

Parameters:

messageTemplate - The message to interpolate.

context - contextual information related to the interpolation

Returns:

Interpolated error message.

interpolate

String interpolate(String messageTemplate,
                 MessageInterpolator.Context context,
                 Locale locale)

Interpolate the message template based on the contraint validation context. The Locale used is provided as a parameter.

Parameters:

messageTemplate - The message to interpolate.

context - contextual information related to the interpolation

locale - the locale targeted for the message

Returns:

Interpolated error message.