ResourceFinder.java

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package org.apache.ode.bpel.compiler;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URI;

/**
 * General interace for retrieving resources identified by a URI.
 * 
 * @author Maciej Szefler - m s z e f l e r @ g m a i l . c o m
 */
public interface ResourceFinder {
  
    /**
     * Obtain an input stream to the resource at the given URI. 
     * @param uri resource URI
     * @return input stream or <code>null</code> if the resource is not found
     * @throws MalformedURLException in case of invalid URI
     * @throws IOException in case of read error
     */
    InputStream openResource(URI uri) throws MalformedURLException, IOException;

}