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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 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.ui.forms.IMessage;
+
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
+import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IMessageProvider;
+
+import java.lang.all;
+
+/**
+ * This interface encapsulates a single message that can be shown in a form.
+ * Messages can be associated with controls, or be of a general nature.
+ *
+ * @see IMessageManager
+ * @since 3.3
+ */
+public interface IMessage : IMessageProvider {
+    /**
+     * Returns the unique message key
+     *
+     * @return the unique message key
+     */
+    Object getKey();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns data for application use
+     *
+     * @return data object
+     */
+    Object getData();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the control this message is associated with.
+     *
+     * @return the control or <code>null</code> if this is a general message.
+     */
+    Control getControl();
+
+    /**
+     * Messages that are associated with controls can be shown with a prefix
+     * that indicates the origin of the message (e.g. the label preceeding the
+     * control).
+     *
+     * @return the message prefix or <code>null</code> if this is a general
+     *         message
+     */
+    String getPrefix();
+}