1. /*

  2.  * Copyright  2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  3.  *

  4.  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  5.  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  6.  *  You may obtain a copy of the License at

  7.  *

  8.  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  9.  *

  10.  *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  11.  *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  12.  *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  13.  *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  14.  *  limitations under the License.

  15.  *

  16.  */

  17. package org.apache.tools.ant.types;

  18. 

  19. /**

  20.  * this interface should be implemented by classes (Scanners) needing

  21.  * to deliver information about resources.

  22.  *

  23.  * @since Ant 1.5.2

  24.  */

  25. public interface ResourceFactory {

  26. 

  27.     /**

  28.      * Query a resource (file, zipentry, ...) by name

  29.      *

  30.      * @param name relative path of the resource about which

  31.      * information is sought.  Expects "/" to be used as the

  32.      * directory separator.

  33.      * @return instance of Resource; the exists attribute of Resource

  34.      * will tell whether the sought resource exists

  35.      */

  36.     Resource getResource(String name);

  37. }