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 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Oracle Corporation.
 *
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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 *
 * Contributors:
 * 
 *    Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 *
 *
 *******************************************************************************/ 

package hudson.model;

/**
 * Adds {@link #getDescriptorByName(String)} to bind {@link Descriptor}s to URL.
 * Binding them at some specific object (instead of {@link Hudson}), allows
 * {@link Descriptor}s to perform context-specific form field validation.
 *
 * <p> {@link Descriptor#getCheckUrl(String)} finds an ancestor with this
 * interface and generates URLs against it.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 * @since 1.294
 * @see Descriptor#getCheckUrl(String)
 */
public interface DescriptorByNameOwner extends ModelObject {

    /**
     * Exposes all {@link Descriptor}s by its name to URL.
     *
     * <p> Implementation should always delegate to
     * {@link Hudson#getDescriptorByName(String)}.
     *
     * @param id Either {@link Descriptor#getId()} (recommended) or the short
     * name.
     */
    Descriptor getDescriptorByName(String id);
}