1 /* 2 * $Id: DefinitionDAO.java 666834 2008-06-11 20:49:05Z 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 package org.apache.tiles.definition.dao; 22 23 import java.util.Map; 24 25 import org.apache.tiles.Definition; 26 27 /** 28 * It represents an object that provides definitions, depending on a 29 * customization key. 30 * 31 * @param <K> The customization key class. 32 * @version $Rev: 666834 $ $Date: 2008-06-12 06:49:05 +1000 (Thu, 12 Jun 2008) $ 33 * @since 2.1.0 34 */ 35 public interface DefinitionDAO<K> { 36 37 /** 38 * Returns a definition, given its name and the customization key. 39 * 40 * @param name The name of the definition. 41 * @param customizationKey The customization key. 42 * @return The requested definition, if found, otherwise <code>null</code>. 43 * The inheritance of the definition must not be resolved. 44 * @since 2.1.0 45 */ 46 Definition getDefinition(String name, K customizationKey); 47 48 /** 49 * Returns all the definitions used of a customization key. 50 * 51 * @param customizationKey The customization key. 52 * @return All the definitions that are connected to the customization key. 53 * The inheritance of the definitions must not be resolved. 54 * @since 2.1.0 55 */ 56 Map<String, Definition> getDefinitions(K customizationKey); 57 }