////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 the original author or authors.
//
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//
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
/**
* Resolves properties in module configurations.
*
* <p>The {@link ConfigurationLoader} uses a PropertyResolver to
* resolve the values of external properties like {@code ${basename}}
* that occur in the configuration file.
*
* @author lkuehne
* @see ConfigurationLoader
*/
public interface PropertyResolver {
/**
* Resolves a property name to it's value.
* @param name the name of the property.
* @return the value that is associated with {@code propertyName}.
*/
String resolve(String name);
}