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package org.springframework.core;
/**
* Interface that can be implemented by exceptions etc that are error coded.
* The error code is a String, rather than a number, so it can be given
* user-readable values, such as "object.failureDescription".
*
* <p>An error code can be resolved by a MessageSource, for example.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @see org.springframework.context.MessageSource
*/
public interface ErrorCoded {
/**
* Return the error code associated with this failure.
* The GUI can render this any way it pleases, allowing for localization etc.
* @return a String error code associated with this failure,
* or <code>null</code> if not error-coded
*/
String getErrorCode();
}
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