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package org.apache.wicket.resource;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.wicket.util.value.ValueMap;


/**
 * Property loaders as used by PropertiesFactory to load properties
 * 
 * @author Juergen Donnerstag
 */
public interface IPropertiesLoader
{
	/**
	 * Load the properties into a ValueMap.
	 * 
	 * @param inputStream
	 * @return Properties. Null if not applicable or not found or ...
	 */
	ValueMap loadWicketProperties(final InputStream inputStream);

	/**
	 * Load the properties into a java.util.Properties object
	 * 
	 * @param inputStream
	 * @return Properties. Null if not applicable or not found or ...
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	java.util.Properties loadJavaProperties(final InputStream inputStream) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * @return The file extension this loader should be applied to
	 */
	String getFileExtension();
}