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1 | /* | |
2 | * $Id: DefinitionsReader.java 829574 2009-10-25 14:15:31Z apetrelli $ | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one | |
5 | * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file | |
6 | * distributed with this work for additional information | |
7 | * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file | |
8 | * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the | |
9 | * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance | |
10 | * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
11 | * | |
12 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
13 | * | |
14 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, | |
15 | * software distributed under the License is distributed on an | |
16 | * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY | |
17 | * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the | |
18 | * specific language governing permissions and limitations | |
19 | * under the License. | |
20 | */ | |
21 | ||
22 | package org.apache.tiles.definition; | |
23 | ||
24 | import java.util.Map; | |
25 | ||
26 | import org.apache.tiles.Definition; | |
27 | ||
28 | /** | |
29 | * Interface for reading <code>{@link Definition}</code> from a source. | |
30 | * <p/> | |
31 | * <p>This interface provides a standard way to read | |
32 | * <code>{@link Definition}</code> objects from a source. Implementations | |
33 | * should define what the source is, whether it be a persistent store such as a | |
34 | * configuration file or database, or something like a web service. The | |
35 | * DefinitionsReader is responsible for reading from a single location. It does | |
36 | * not perform any internationalization duties or inheritance of Definitions. | |
37 | * It only reads from the source and returns a Map of objects read.</p> | |
38 | * | |
39 | * @version $Rev: 829574 $ $Date: 2009-10-26 01:15:31 +1100 (Mon, 26 Oct 2009) $ | |
40 | */ | |
41 | public interface DefinitionsReader { | |
42 | ||
43 | /** | |
44 | * Reads <code>{@link Definition}</code> objects from a source. | |
45 | * <p/> | |
46 | * Implementations should publish what type of source object is expected. | |
47 | * | |
48 | * @param source The source from which definitions will be read. | |
49 | * @return a Map of <code>Definition</code> objects read from | |
50 | * the source. | |
51 | * @throws DefinitionsFactoryException if the source is invalid or | |
52 | * an error occurs when reading definitions. | |
53 | */ | |
54 | Map<String, Definition> read(Object source); | |
55 | ||
56 | } |