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package org.apache.cayenne.resource;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* An abstraction of a resource whose data can be accessed via a URL.
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface Resource extends Serializable {
/**
* Returns a resource URL to read (and possibly write) the resource data.
*/
URL getURL();
/**
* Returns a resource resolved relatively to the current resource. E.g. DataMap files
* can be resolved relatively to cayenne.xml.
*/
Resource getRelativeResource(String relativePath);
}