IMessage (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

EvaluationVisitor.Message, Message, Message, Message, ValidationMessage
```
public interface IMessage
```
Defines a message.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Returns the message description.
`java.lang.String`	`getDetailedDescription()`	Returns a detailed message description (if available) or `getDescription()`.
`Status`	`getStatus()`	Returns the status of this message.

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
```
java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Returns the message description.
    
    Returns:
    
    the message description
  - getDetailedDescription
```
java.lang.String getDetailedDescription()
```
    Returns a detailed message description (if available) or getDescription(). Details may e.g., include file position or line number. As e.g. xText cares for location and position itself, this information would be superfluous there, but helpful in a command line context, where this method shall be used instead.
    
    Returns:
    
    the (detailed) message description
  - getStatus
```
Status getStatus()
```
    Returns the status of this message.
    
    Returns:
    
    the status of this message