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017package org.apache.logging.log4j.message;
018
019/**
020 * Creates messages. Implementations can provide different message format syntaxes.
021 *
022 * @see ParameterizedMessageFactory
023 * @see StringFormatterMessageFactory
024 */
025public interface MessageFactory {
026
027    /**
028     * Creates a new message based on an Object.
029     *
030     * @param message
031     *            a message object
032     * @return a new message
033     */
034    Message newMessage(Object message);
035
036    /**
037     * Creates a new message based on a String.
038     *
039     * @param message
040     *            a message String
041     * @return a new message
042     */
043    Message newMessage(String message);
044
045    /**
046     * Creates a new parameterized message.
047     *
048     * @param message
049     *            a message template, the kind of message template depends on the implementation.
050     * @param params
051     *            the message parameters
052     * @return a new message
053     * @see ParameterizedMessageFactory
054     * @see StringFormatterMessageFactory
055     */
056    Message newMessage(String message, Object... params);
057}