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17 package org.apache.commons.discovery;
18
19
20 /***
21 * Interface representing a mapping
22 * from a set of source resource names
23 * to a resultant set of resource names.
24 *
25 * @author Richard A. Sitze
26 * @author Costin Manolache
27 */
28 public interface ResourceNameDiscover
29 {
30 /***
31 * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceName</code>.
32 *
33 * @return ResourceNameIterator
34 */
35 public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
36
37 /***
38 * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceNames</code>.
39 *
40 * @return ResourceNameIterator
41 */
42 public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
43 }