001/*
002 *  jDTAUS Core Utilities
003 *  Copyright (C) 2005 Christian Schulte
004 *  <cs@schulte.it>
005 *
006 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009 *  version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
010 *
011 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
018 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
019 *
020 */
021package org.jdtaus.core.lang.util;
022
023import org.jdtaus.core.text.Message;
024
025/**
026 * Resolves {@code Message}s for given exceptions.
027 *
028 * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
029 * @version $JDTAUS: ExceptionMessageResolver.java 8641 2012-09-27 06:45:17Z schulte $
030 *
031 * @see ExceptionMessageProducer#onException(ExceptionEvent)
032 */
033public interface ExceptionMessageResolver
034{
035    //--ExceptionMessageResolver------------------------------------------------
036
037    /**
038     * Resolves {@code Message}s for a given exception.
039     *
040     * @param exception the exception to resolve any messages for.
041     *
042     * @return an array of application messages resolved for {@code exception}
043     * or {@code null} if the implementation cannot resolve any application
044     * messages for {@code exception}.
045     *
046     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code exception} is {@code null}.
047     *
048     * @see ExceptionMessageProducer#onException(ExceptionEvent)
049     */
050    Message[] resolve( Exception exception );
051
052    //------------------------------------------------ExceptionMessageResolver--
053}