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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.services;
016
017 import org.apache.hivemind.Location;
018 import org.apache.hivemind.Resource;
019 import org.apache.tapestry.spec.IComponentSpecification;
020 import org.apache.tapestry.spec.ILibrarySpecification;
021
022 /**
023 * Companion to the standard {@link org.apache.tapestry.engine.Namespace implementation} of
024 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.INamespace}. Defines resources needed by the Namespace instance to
025 * operate (these have grown numerous!)
026 *
027 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
028 * @since 4.0
029 */
030 public interface NamespaceResources
031 {
032 /**
033 * Finds a child library specification for some parent library specification.
034 *
035 * @param libraryResource
036 * the {@link Resource} from which the parent library (or application) specification
037 * was loaded
038 * @param path
039 * the relative path from the parent specification resource to the library
040 * specification. As a special case, a path starting with a leading slash is assumed
041 * to be on the classpath.
042 * @param location TODO
043 * @return the library specification.
044 */
045 ILibrarySpecification findChildLibrarySpecification(Resource libraryResource, String path, Location location);
046
047 /**
048 * Retrieves a page specification, parsing it as necessary.
049 *
050 * @param libraryResource
051 * the base resource for resolving the path to the page specification; this will be
052 * the resource for the library (or application) specification
053 * @param specificationPath
054 * the path to the specification to be parsed
055 * @param location
056 * used to report errors
057 * @throws org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException
058 * if the specification doesn't exist, is unreadable or invalid.
059 * @see org.apache.tapestry.engine.ISpecificationSource#getPageSpecification(Resource)
060 */
061
062 IComponentSpecification getPageSpecification(Resource libraryResource,
063 String specificationPath, Location location);
064
065 /**
066 * Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.
067 *
068 * @param libraryResource
069 * the base resource for resolving the path to the page specification; this will be
070 * the resource for the library (or application) specification
071 * @param specificationPath
072 * the path to the specification to be parsed
073 * @param location
074 * used to report errors
075 * @throws org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException
076 * if the specification doesn't exist, is unreadable or invalid.
077 */
078
079 IComponentSpecification getComponentSpecification(Resource libraryResource,
080 String specificationPath, Location location);
081
082 }