001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://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, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.context; 018 019/** 020 * Sub-interface of MessageSource to be implemented by objects that 021 * can resolve messages hierarchically. 022 * 023 * @author Rod Johnson 024 * @author Juergen Hoeller 025 */ 026public interface HierarchicalMessageSource extends MessageSource { 027 028 /** 029 * Set the parent that will be used to try to resolve messages 030 * that this object can't resolve. 031 * @param parent the parent MessageSource that will be used to 032 * resolve messages that this object can't resolve. 033 * May be {@code null}, in which case no further resolution is possible. 034 */ 035 void setParentMessageSource(MessageSource parent); 036 037 /** 038 * Return the parent of this MessageSource, or {@code null} if none. 039 */ 040 MessageSource getParentMessageSource(); 041 042}