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<FONT color="green">017</FONT>    package org.apache.logging.log4j.message;<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>    <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    /**<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>     * A Message that can render itself in more than one way. The format string is used by the<a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>     * Message implementation as extra information that it may use to help it to determine how<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>     * to format itself. For example, MapMessage accepts a format of "XML" to tell it to render<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>     * the Map as XML instead of its default format of {key1="value1" key2="value2"}.<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>     */<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>    public interface MultiformatMessage extends Message {<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>    <a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>        /**<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>         * Returns the Message formatted as a String.<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>         *<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>         * @param formats An array of Strings that provide extra information about how to format the message.<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>         * Each MultiformatMessage implementation is free to use the provided formats however they choose.<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>         *<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>         * @return The message String.<a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>         */<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>        String getFormattedMessage(String[] formats);<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>    }<a name="line.36"></a>


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