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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
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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.commons.discovery;
18:
19: /**
20: * Interface representing a mapping
21: * from a set of source resource names
22: * to a resultant set of resource names.
23: *
24: * @author Richard A. Sitze
25: * @author Costin Manolache
26: */
27: public interface ResourceNameDiscover {
28: /**
29: * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceName</code>.
30: *
31: * @return ResourceNameIterator
32: */
33: public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
34:
35: /**
36: * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceNames</code>.
37: *
38: * @return ResourceNameIterator
39: */
40: public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(
41: ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
42: }
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