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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
7    * 
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.apache.jdo.impl.enhancer.util;
18  
19  import java.io.InputStream;
20  
21  
22  /***
23   * Provides a method for searching resources.
24   */
25  public interface ResourceLocator
26  {
27      /***
28       * Finds a resource with a given name.  This method returns
29       * <code>null</code> if no resource with this name is found.
30       * The name of a resource is a "/"-separated path name.
31       */
32      //^olsen: would be better to throw an IOException instead of a
33      // RuntimeException but currently not supported by the JDOModel's
34      // JavaModel interface
35      InputStream getInputStreamForResource(String resourceName);
36  }