MessageFormatter (Xerces2 Implementation)

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: MessageFormatter.java 809242 2009-08-30 03:34:31Z mrglavas $

Author:

Andy Clark

See Also:

XMLErrorReporter

Method Summary

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

- Method Detail
  - formatMessage
```
java.lang.String formatMessage(java.util.Locale locale,
                               java.lang.String key,
                               java.lang.Object[] arguments)
                        throws java.util.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:
    
    java.util.MissingResourceException - Thrown if the message with the specified key cannot be found.