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1 /**
2  * Dream
3  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 INRIA Rhone-Alpes
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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18  *
19  * Contact: dream@objectweb.org
20  *
21  * Initial developer(s): Matthieu Leclercq
22  * Contributor(s):
23  */

24
25 package org.objectweb.dream.message.codec;
26
27 /**
28  * Component interface used by Codec manager to retreive the name of an ADL for
29  * a given codec name.
30  */

31 public interface CodecRepository
32 {
33
34   /** The default name for interface of this type */
35   String JavaDoc ITF_NAME = "codec-repository";
36
37   /**
38    * Returns the name of an ADL for the given codec name.
39    *
40    * @param codecName a codec name
41    * @return the name of an ADL for the given codec name, or <code>null</code>
42    * if the codec name is unknown.
43    */

44   String JavaDoc getCodecADL(String JavaDoc codecName);
45 }
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