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17 package org.apache.commons.discovery;
18
19 /**
20 * Interface representing a mapping
21 * from a set of source resource names
22 * to a resultant set of resource names.
23 */
24 public interface ResourceNameDiscover {
25
26 /**
27 * Locate names of resources that are bound to {@code resourceName}.
28 *
29 * @param resourceName The resource has to be located
30 * @return The bound resources name iterator
31 */
32 ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
33
34 /**
35 * Locate names of resources that are bound to {@code resourceNames}.
36 *
37 * @param resourceNames The resources has to be located
38 * @return The bound resources name iterator
39 */
40 ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
41
42 }