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package org.springframework.ui.context;
/**
* Sub-interface of ThemeSource to be implemented by objects that
* can resolve theme messages hierarchically.
*
* @author Jean-Pierre Pawlak
* @author Juergen Hoeller
*/
public interface HierarchicalThemeSource extends ThemeSource {
/**
* Set the parent that will be used to try to resolve theme messages
* that this object can't resolve.
* @param parent the parent ThemeSource that will be used to
* resolve messages that this object can't resolve.
* May be null, in which case no further resolution is possible.
*/
void setParentThemeSource(ThemeSource parent);
/**
* Return the parent of this ThemeSource, or null if none.
*/
ThemeSource getParentThemeSource();
}