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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ * Port to the D programming language:
+ *     Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+module org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.formatting.IKeyFormatter;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeySequence;
+import org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeyStroke;
+
+import java.lang.all;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Any formatter capable of taking a key sequence or a key stroke and converting
+ * it into a string. These formatters are used to produce the strings that the
+ * user sees in the keys preference page and the menus, as well as the strings
+ * that are used for persistent storage.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public interface IKeyFormatter {
+
+    /**
+     * Formats an individual key into a human readable format. This uses an
+     * internationalization resource bundle to look up the key. This does not do
+     * any platform-specific formatting (e.g., Carbon's command character).
+     *
+     * @param key
+     *            The key to format.
+     * @return The key formatted as a string; should not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    String format(int key);
+
+    /**
+     * Format the given key sequence into a string. The manner of the conversion
+     * is dependent on the formatter. It is required that unequal key sequences
+     * return unequal strings.
+     *
+     * @param keySequence
+     *            The key sequence to convert; must not be <code>null</code>.
+     * @return A string representation of the key sequence; must not be
+     *         <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    String format(KeySequence keySequence);
+
+    /**
+     * Format the given key strokes into a string. The manner of the conversion
+     * is dependent on the formatter. It is required that unequal key strokes
+     * return unequal strings.
+     *
+     * @param keyStroke
+     *            The key stroke to convert; must not be <Code>null</code>.
+     * @return A string representation of the key stroke; must not be <code>
+     *         null</code>
+     */
+    String format(KeyStroke keyStroke);
+}