/*
* Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package org.apache.jmeld.tools.ant.types;
/**
* this interface should be implemented by classes (Scanners) needing
* to deliver information about resources.
*
* @since Ant 1.5.2
*/
public interface ResourceFactory
{
/**
* Query a resource (file, zipentry, ...) by name
*
* @param name relative path of the resource about which
* information is sought. Expects "/" to be used as the
* directory separator.
* @return instance of Resource; the exists attribute of Resource
* will tell whether the sought resource exists
*/
Resource getResource(String name);
}