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 package org.apache.myfaces.spi;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.net.URL;

 import java.util.Collection;

 import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;

 /**

  * Locate faces-config xml files through classpath. These

  * files has definitions that are used by initialize jsf environment.

  * <p>

  * By default it locate all files inside META-INF folder, named faces-config.xml

  * or ending with .faces-config.xml

  * </p> 

  * 

  * @since 2.0.2

  * @author Leonardo Uribe 

  */

 public abstract class FacesConfigResourceProvider

 {

     /**

      * Return a list of urls pointing to valid faces config-xml files. These

      * files will be parsed later and used initialize jsf environment.

      * 

      * @param context

      * @return

      */

     public abstract Collection<URL> getMetaInfConfigurationResources(ExternalContext context) throws IOException;

 }