001    /*
002     * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
005     * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
006     * the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
012     * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
013     * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
014     * the License.
015     */
016    package org.springframework.rules.reporting;
017    
018    import org.springframework.rules.constraint.Constraint;
019    
020    /**
021     * A message translator which translates validation results into a human
022     * readable form.
023     * 
024     * @author Mathias Broekelmann
025     * 
026     */
027    public interface MessageTranslator {
028    
029            String getMessage(Constraint constraint);
030    
031            String getMessage(String objectName, Constraint constraint);
032    
033            String getMessage(String objectName, Object rejectedValue,
034                            Constraint constraint);
035    
036            String getMessage(String objectName, ValidationResults results);
037    
038            String getMessage(PropertyResults results);
039    
040    }