1 package org.apache.turbine.om; 2 3 /* 4 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License") 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 19 /** 20 * This interface marks a class that has a retrieve(String) method. 21 * 22 * @author <a HREF="mailto:jmcnally@collab.net">John D. McNally</a> 23 * @version $Id: Retriever.java,v 1.4.2.2 2004/05/20 03:05:19 seade Exp $ 24 */ 25 public interface Retriever 26 { 27 /** 28 * Gets an object of the same type as the object implementing 29 * this method according to the key. 30 * 31 * @return the object that matches the key 32 */ 33 Object retrieve(String key) 34 throws Exception; 35 } 36