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package org.apache.wicket.resource;
import org.apache.wicket.Localizer;
import org.apache.wicket.core.util.resource.locator.IResourceStreamLocator;
import org.apache.wicket.util.watch.IModificationWatcher;
/**
* environment required for properties factory
*
* @author Peter Ertl
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface IPropertiesFactoryContext
{
/**
* Get the application's localizer.
*
* to modify the way Wicket resolves keys to localized messages you can
* add custom resource loaders to the list returned by
* {@link org.apache.wicket.settings.ResourceSettings#getStringResourceLoaders()}.
*
* @return The application wide localizer instance
*/
Localizer getLocalizer();
/**
* @return Resource locator for this application
*/
IResourceStreamLocator getResourceStreamLocator();
/**
* @param start
* boolean if the resource watcher should be started if not already started.
*
* @return Resource watcher with polling frequency determined by setting, or null if no polling
* frequency has been set.
*/
IModificationWatcher getResourceWatcher(boolean start);
}