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package org.apache.cayenne.configuration;

import org.apache.cayenne.resource.Resource;

/**
 * A service that maps the names of configuration objects to the resource names.
 */
public interface ConfigurationNameMapper {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of a configuration resource based on a naming convention
	 * for a given node type.
	 */
	String configurationLocation(ConfigurationNode node);

	/**
	 * Returns the name of a configuration resource based on a naming convention
	 * for a given node type.
	 */
	String configurationLocation(Class type, String nodeName);

	/**
	 * Returns a node name for a given configuration type and a configuration
	 * resource. This operation is the opposite of the
	 * {@link #configurationLocation(Class, String)} . May return null if the
	 * resource name is not following the expected naming format.
	 */
	String configurationNodeName(Class type, Resource resource);
}