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mcimadamore@80: 
mcimadamore@80: package com.sun.tools.javac.api;
mcimadamore@80: 
mcimadamore@136: import java.util.Locale;
mcimadamore@80: 
mcimadamore@80: /**
mcimadamore@80:  * This interface must be implemented by any javac class that has non-trivial
mcimadamore@80:  * formatting needs (e.g. where toString() does not apply because of localization).
mcimadamore@80:  *
mcimadamore@80:  * @author Maurizio Cimadamore
mcimadamore@80:  */
mcimadamore@80: public interface Formattable {
mcimadamore@80: 
mcimadamore@80:     /**
mcimadamore@80:      * Used to obtain a localized String representing the object accordingly
mcimadamore@80:      * to a given locale
mcimadamore@80:      *
mcimadamore@136:      * @param locale locale in which the object's representation is to be rendered
mcimadamore@136:      * @param messages messages object used for localization
mcimadamore@80:      * @return a locale-dependent string representing the object
mcimadamore@80:      */
mcimadamore@136:     public String toString(Locale locale, Messages messages);
mcimadamore@80:     /**
mcimadamore@80:      * Retrieve a pretty name of this object's kind
mcimadamore@80:      * @return a string representing the object's kind
mcimadamore@80:      */
mcimadamore@80:     String getKind();
mcimadamore@80: }