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 * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.internal.compiler;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.compiler.*;

/*
 * Factory used from inside the compiler to build the actual problems
 * which are handed back in the compilation result.
 *
 * This allows sharing the internal problem representation with the environment.
 *
 * Note: The factory is responsible for computing and storing a localized error message.
 */

public interface IProblemFactory {

	IProblem createProblem(
		char[] originatingFileName,
		int problemId,
		String[] problemArguments,
		String[] messageArguments, // shorter versions of the problemArguments
		int severity,
		int startPosition,
		int endPosition,
		int lineNumber);
		
	Locale getLocale();
	
	String getLocalizedMessage(int problemId, String[] messageArguments);
}
