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package org.springframework.webflow.definition.registry;
import org.springframework.webflow.definition.FlowDefinition;
/**
* A runtime service locator interface for retrieving flow definitions by <code>id</code>. Flow locators are needed by
* flow executors at runtime to retrieve fully-configured flow definitions to support launching new flow executions.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @author Erwin Vervaet
*/
public interface FlowDefinitionLocator {
/**
* Lookup the flow definition with the specified id.
* @param id the flow definition identifier
* @return the flow definition
* @throws NoSuchFlowDefinitionException when the flow definition with the specified id does not exist
* @throws FlowDefinitionConstructionException if there is a problem constructing the identified flow definition
*/
public FlowDefinition getFlowDefinition(String id) throws NoSuchFlowDefinitionException,
FlowDefinitionConstructionException;
}