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 * Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Kohsuke Kawaguchi
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package hudson.model;

/**
 * Adds {@link #getDescriptorByName(String)} to bind {@link Descriptor}s to URL.
 * Binding them at some specific object (instead of {@link jenkins.model.Jenkins}), 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 jenkins.model.Jenkins#getDescriptorByName(String)}.
     *
     * @param id
     *      Either {@link Descriptor#getId()} (recommended) or the short name.
     */
    Descriptor getDescriptorByName(String id);    
}