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Central module for Tapestry, containing interfaces to the Java Servlet API and all core services and components.

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package org.apache.tapestry5.services;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.tapestry5.Translator;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesMappedConfiguration;

/**
 * This service is used by {@link TranslatorSource} to specify {@link Translator} alternates: translators that
 * are used when specified explicitly by name. These translators may overlap the standard translators
 * by type (thus requiring a separate configuration).
 * 
 * Translators contributed to this configuration must have names that do not overlap the standard translators. Further,
 * the contribution key must match the {@linkplain Translator#getName() translator name}.
 * 
 * @since 5.2.0
 */
@UsesMappedConfiguration(Translator.class)
public interface TranslatorAlternatesSource
{
    /**
     * Get the mapping from name to Translator, based on the contributions to the service. It will be verified
     * that the keys of the map corresponding to the names of the Translator values.
     */
    Map getTranslatorAlternates();
}