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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.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);
+}