01: /*
02: * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
05: * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17: package org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline;
18:
19: import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentSelector;
20:
21: /**
22: * A <code>ComponentSelector</code> for output components used by a {@link ProcessingPipeline}.
23: * This selector is able to associate a MIME type to a hint.
24: *
25: * @author <a href="mailto:sylvain@apache.org">Sylvain Wallez</a>
26: * @version CVS $Id: OutputComponentSelector.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
27: */
28:
29: public interface OutputComponentSelector extends ComponentSelector {
30:
31: /**
32: * Get the MIME type for a given hint.
33: *
34: * @param hint the component hint
35: * @return the MIME type for this hint, or <code>null</code>.
36: */
37: String getMimeTypeForHint(Object hint);
38: }
|