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1 /***
2  * Fractal ADL Parser
3  * Copyright (C) 2002-2004 France Telecom R&D
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
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Contact: Eric.Bruneton@rd.francetelecom.com
20  *
21  * Author: Eric Bruneton
22  */
23
24 package org.objectweb.fractal.adl;
25
26 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
27
28 /**
29  * An ADL definition loader. Definitions can be loaded from arbitrary sources,
30  * and can be checked and transformed during the loading process.
31  */
32
33 public interface Loader {
34   
35   /**
36    * Loads the ADL definition whose name is given.
37    *
38    * @param name the name of an ADL definition.
39    * @param context optional additional information.
40    * @return the ADL definition whose name is given.
41    * @throws ADLException if the definition cannot be found, or if it contains
42    * errors.
43    */
44   
45   Definition load (String JavaDoc name, Map JavaDoc context) throws ADLException;
46 }
47
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