RoleManager


1   /*
2    * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
3    *
4    * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
5    * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
6    * the LICENSE.txt file.
7    */
8   package org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component;
9   
10  /**
11   * RoleManager Interface, use this to specify the Roles and how they
12   * correspond easy shorthand names.
13   *
14   * @author <a HREF="mailto:bloritsch@apache.org">Berin Loritsch</a>
15   * @author <a HREF="mailto:ricardo@apache.org">Ricardo Rocha</a>
16   * @author <a HREF="mailto:giacomo@apache.org">Giacomo Pati</a>
17   * @version CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2001/12/11 09:53:27 $
18   * @since 4.0
19   */
20  public interface RoleManager
21  {
22      /**
23       * Find Role name based on shorthand name.  Please note that if
24       * this returns <code>null</code> or an empty string, then the
25       * shorthand name is assumed to be a "reserved word".  In other
26       * words, you should not try to instantiate a class from an empty
27       * role.
28       */
29      String   getRoleForName( String   shorthandName );
30  
31      /**
32       * Get the default classname for a given role.
33       */
34      String   getDefaultClassNameForRole( String   role );
35  
36      /**
37       * Get the default classname for a given hint type.  This is only
38       * used by ComponentSelectors.
39       */
40      String   getDefaultClassNameForHint( String   hint, String   shorthand );
41  }
42

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