CodecRepository


1   /**
2    * Dream
3    * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 INRIA Rhone-Alpes
4    *
5    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6    * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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10   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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14   *
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   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   getCodecADL(String   codecName);
45  }

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