001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2018 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.validation; 018 019/** 020 * A strategy interface for formatting message codes. 021 * 022 * @author Chris Beams 023 * @since 3.2 024 * @see DefaultMessageCodesResolver 025 * @see DefaultMessageCodesResolver.Format 026 */ 027public interface MessageCodeFormatter { 028 029 /** 030 * Build and return a message code consisting of the given fields, 031 * usually delimited by {@link DefaultMessageCodesResolver#CODE_SEPARATOR}. 032 * @param errorCode e.g.: "typeMismatch" 033 * @param objectName e.g.: "user" 034 * @param field e.g. "age" 035 * @return concatenated message code, e.g.: "typeMismatch.user.age" 036 * @see DefaultMessageCodesResolver.Format 037 */ 038 String format(String errorCode, String objectName, String field); 039 040}