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package org.apache.jetspeed.om.registry;
/**
* <P>
* The <CODE>ClientRegistry</CODE> interface allow to query the system
* Registry to find client implementations whose "User-agent" identification
* matches a specific regular expression as defined in a <code>ClientEntry</code>
* </P>
*
* @author <a href="shesmer@raleigh.ibm.com">Stephan Hesmer</a>
* @author <a href="raphael@apache.org">Rapha謖 Luta</a>
* @version $Id: ClientRegistry.java,v 1.2 2004/02/23 03:11:39 jford Exp $
*/
public interface ClientRegistry extends Registry
{
/**
* Returns the client which matches the given useragent string.
*
* @param useragent the useragent to match
* @return the found client or null if the user-agent does not match any
* defined client
*/
public ClientEntry findEntry(String useragent);
}