1/*2 * $Id: DefinitionDAO.java 666834 2008-06-11 20:49:05Z apetrelli $3 *4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file6 * distributed with this work for additional information7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at11 *12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.013 *14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations19 * under the License.20 */21package org.apache.tiles.definition.dao;
2223import java.util.Map;
2425import org.apache.tiles.Definition;
2627/***28 * It represents an object that provides definitions, depending on a29 * customization key.30 *31 * @param <K> The customization key class.32 * @version $Rev: 666834 $ $Date: 2008-06-11 22:49:05 +0200 (mer, 11 giu 2008) $33 * @since 2.1.034 */35publicinterface DefinitionDAO<K> {
3637/***38 * Returns a definition, given its name and the customization key.39 *40 * @param name The name of the definition.41 * @param customizationKey The customization key.42 * @return The requested definition, if found, otherwise <code>null</code>.43 * The inheritance of the definition must not be resolved.44 * @since 2.1.045 */46 Definition getDefinition(String name, K customizationKey);
4748/***49 * Returns all the definitions used of a customization key.50 *51 * @param customizationKey The customization key.52 * @return All the definitions that are connected to the customization key.53 * The inheritance of the definitions must not be resolved.54 * @since 2.1.055 */56 Map<String, Definition> getDefinitions(K customizationKey);
57 }