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/*
 * Copyright 2009-2014 Marcelo Guimarães
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *           http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package tools.devnull.trugger;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface that defines a class capable of search a source for specific
 * objects.
 *
 * @param  the result type
 * @author Marcelo Guimarães
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface Finder {

  /**
   * Finds the object with the specified name in a target.
   * 
   * The result may return null if no object with the specified
   * name is found.
   *
   * @param name the object name to find.
   * @return the component for selecting the target.
   */
  Result find(String name);

  /**
   * Finds all objects in a target.
   *
   * @return the component for selecting the target.
   */
  Result, Object> findAll();

}