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package eu.optique.api.mapping;

/**
 * Handles resources that is needed by the serialization.
 * 
 * @author Marius Strandhaug
 */
public interface ManageResource {

	/**
	 * Sets the resource used to serialize an R2RML component. The res parameter
	 * must be an instance of the library's resource class.
	 * 
	 * @param res
	 *            The resource to set.
	 */
	public void setResource(Object res);

	/**
	 * Get the resource used to serialize an R2RML component.
	 * 
	 * @param resourceClass
	 *            Must be equal to (or a superclass of) the library's resource
	 *            class.
	 * @return The resource set by setResource(Object res).
	 */
	public  R getResource(Class resourceClass);

}