Coverage Report - org.webmacro.Provider
 
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Provider
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 /*
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  * Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Semiotek Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
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  *
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  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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  * modification, are permitted under the terms of either of the following
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  * Open Source licenses:
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  *
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  * The GNU General Public License, version 2, or any later version, as
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  * published by the Free Software Foundation
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  * (http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html);
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  *
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  *  or
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  *
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  * The Semiotek Public License (http://webmacro.org/LICENSE.)
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  *
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  * This software is provided "as is", with NO WARRANTY, not even the
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  * implied warranties of fitness to purpose, or merchantability. You
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  * assume all risks and liabilities associated with its use.
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  *
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  * See www.webmacro.org for more information on the WebMacro project.
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  */
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 package org.webmacro;
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 import org.webmacro.util.Settings;
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 /**
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  * A Provider is an object responsible or loading and managing
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  * instances of a given type. The Provider is used by the Broker
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  * to look up objects on demand.
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  * <p>
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  * By implementing new Provider types and registering them with
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  * the broker via WebMacro.properties you can extend or change
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  * WebMacro's behavior.
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  */
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 public interface Provider
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 {
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     /**
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      * Return an array representing the types this provider serves up
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      */
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     public String getType ();
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     /**
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      * Initialize this provider based on the specified config.
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      */
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     public void init (Broker b, Settings config) throws InitException;
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     /**
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      * Clear any cache this provider may be maintaining
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      */
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     public void flush ();
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     /**
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      * Close down this provider, freeing any allocated resources.
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      */
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     public void destroy ();
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     /**
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      * Get the object associated with the specified query
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      */
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     public Object get (String query) throws ResourceException;
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 }
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