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  57. 

  58. package org.apache.commons.discovery;

  59. 

  60. 

  61. /**

  62.  * Interface representing a mapping

  63.  * from a set of source resource names

  64.  * to a resultant set of resource names.

  65.  * 

  66.  * @author Richard A. Sitze

  67.  * @author Costin Manolache

  68.  */

  69. public interface ResourceNameDiscover

  70. {

  71.     /**

  72.      * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceName</code>.

  73.      * 

  74.      * @return ResourceNameIterator

  75.      */

  76.     public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);

  77. 

  78.     /**

  79.      * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceNames</code>.

  80.      * 

  81.      * @return ResourceNameIterator

  82.      */

  83.     public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);

  84. }