ResourceLoader.java

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 * Contributors:
 *    Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.rap.rwt.service;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;


/**
 * A resource loader is used to load the contents of a named resource.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ResourceLoader {

  /**
   * Returns an input stream to the resource contents.
   *
   * @param a name to identify the resource
   * @return an input stream or <code>null</code> if the resource could not be found
   */
  InputStream getResourceAsStream( String resourceName ) throws IOException;

}