Coverage Report - org.apache.tiles.definition.DefinitionsReader
 
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DefinitionsReader
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 /*
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  * $Id: DefinitionsReader.java 829574 2009-10-25 14:15:31Z apetrelli $
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  *
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  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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  * distributed with this work for additional information
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  * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
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  * under the License.
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  */
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 package org.apache.tiles.definition;
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 import java.util.Map;
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 import org.apache.tiles.Definition;
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 /**
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  * Interface for reading <code>{@link Definition}</code> from a source.
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  * <p/>
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  * <p>This interface provides a standard way to read
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  * <code>{@link Definition}</code> objects from a source.  Implementations
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  * should define what the source is, whether it be a persistent store such as a
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  * configuration file or database, or something like a web service.  The
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  * DefinitionsReader is responsible for reading from a single location.  It does
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  * not perform any internationalization duties or inheritance of Definitions.
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  * It only reads from the source and returns a Map of objects read.</p>
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  *
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  * @version $Rev: 829574 $ $Date: 2009-10-26 01:15:31 +1100 (Mon, 26 Oct 2009) $
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  */
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 public interface DefinitionsReader {
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     /**
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      * Reads <code>{@link Definition}</code> objects from a source.
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      * <p/>
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      * Implementations should publish what type of source object is expected.
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      *
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      * @param source The source from which definitions will be read.
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      * @return a Map of <code>Definition</code> objects read from
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      *         the source.
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      * @throws DefinitionsFactoryException if the source is invalid or
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      *                                     an error occurs when reading definitions.
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      */
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     Map<String, Definition> read(Object source);
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 }