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017    package org.apache.commons.discovery;
018    
019    /**
020     * Interface representing a mapping
021     * from a set of source resource names
022     * to a resultant set of resource names.
023     */
024    public interface ResourceNameDiscover {
025    
026        /**
027         * Locate names of resources that are bound to {@code resourceName}.
028         *
029         * @param resourceName The resource has to be located
030         * @return The bound resources name iterator
031         */
032        ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
033    
034        /**
035         * Locate names of resources that are bound to {@code resourceNames}.
036         *
037         * @param resourceNames The resources has to be located
038         * @return The bound resources name iterator
039         */
040        ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
041    
042    }