ICharacterTranslator


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14  
15  package org.apache.tapestry.util.text;
16  
17  /**
18   * An interface for translating a character into a string.
19   * 
20   * @author mb
21   * @since 4.0
22   */
23  public interface ICharacterTranslator 
24  {
25      /**
26       * Translates the provided character into a string 
27       * 
28       * @param ch the character to be translated
29       * @return null if the character is not to be translated,
30       * an empty string if the character is to be ignored, 
31       * or another string to represent the character translation
32       */
33      String   translate(char ch);
34  }
35

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