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// Metawidget
//
// This file is dual licensed under both the LGPL
// (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) and the EPL
// (http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php). As a
// recipient of Metawidget, you may choose to receive it under either
// the LGPL or the EPL.
//
// Commercial licenses are also available. See http://metawidget.org
// for details.

package org.metawidget.config.iface;

import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Interface for resolving references to resources.
 * 
 * Most resources can be resolved using standard ClassLoader.getResource code. However
 * some environments have specialized resource areas which are inaccessible to
 * ClassLoader. For example, Web environments have /WEB-INF/ which can
 * only be accessed through ServletContext. Similarly, Android environments must
 * resolve resources using Context.getResources.
 * 
 * Note: this class is not located under org.metawidget.iface, because GWT does not
 * like java.io.InputStream.
 *
 * @author Richard Kennard
 */

public interface ResourceResolver {

	//
	// Methods
	//

	InputStream openResource( String resource );
}