includes/libs/Message/ITextFormatter.php

   1 <?php
   2
   3 namespace Wikimedia\Message;
   4
   5 /**
   6  * Converts MessageValue message specifiers to localized plain text in a certain language.
   7  *
   8  * The caller cannot modify the details of message translation, such as which
   9  * of multiple sources the message is taken from. Any such flags may be injected
  10  * into the factory constructor.
  11  *
  12  * Implementations of TextFormatter are not required to perfectly format
  13  * any message in any language. Implementations should make a best effort to
  14  * produce human-readable text.
  15  *
  16  * @package MediaWiki\MessageFormatter
  17  */
  18 interface ITextFormatter {
  19         /**
  20          * Get the internal language code in which format() is
  21          * @return string
  22          */
  23         function getLangCode();
  24
  25         /**
  26          * Convert a MessageValue to text.
  27          *
  28          * The result is not safe for use as raw HTML.
  29          *
  30          * @param MessageValue $message
  31          * @return string
  32          */
  33         function format( MessageValue $message );
  34 }