org.springframework.context

Interface MessageSourceResolvable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMessageSourceResolvable, FieldError, ObjectError, SpringValidatorAdapter.ResolvableAttribute

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface MessageSourceResolvable

Interface for objects that are suitable for message resolution in a MessageSource.

Spring's own validation error classes implement this interface.

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

MessageSource.getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable, java.util.Locale), ObjectError, FieldError

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default java.lang.Object[]	getArguments() Return the array of arguments to be used to resolve this message.
java.lang.String[]	getCodes() Return the codes to be used to resolve this message, in the order that they should get tried.
default java.lang.String	getDefaultMessage() Return the default message to be used to resolve this message.

Method Detail

getCodes

@Nullable
java.lang.String[] getCodes()

Return the codes to be used to resolve this message, in the order that they should get tried. The last code will therefore be the default one.

Returns:

a String array of codes which are associated with this message

getArguments

@Nullable
default java.lang.Object[] getArguments()

Return the array of arguments to be used to resolve this message.

The default implementation simply returns null.

Returns:

an array of objects to be used as parameters to replace placeholders within the message text

See Also:

MessageFormat

getDefaultMessage

@Nullable
default java.lang.String getDefaultMessage()

Return the default message to be used to resolve this message.

The default implementation simply returns null. Note that the default message may be identical to the primary message code (getCodes()), which effectively enforces AbstractMessageSource.setUseCodeAsDefaultMessage(boolean) for this particular message.

Returns:

the default message, or null if no default