1 /* 2 * $Id: DefinitionPatternMatcher.java 795343 2009-07-18 11:26:09Z apetrelli $ 3 * 4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 6 * distributed with this work for additional information 7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 19 * under the License. 20 */ 21 22 package org.apache.tiles.definition.pattern; 23 24 import org.apache.tiles.Definition; 25 26 /** 27 * Matches a definition name to a definition, through pattern-matching. The 28 * matched pattern should be a single one. 29 * 30 * @version $Rev: 795343 $ $Date: 2009-07-18 21:26:09 +1000 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009) $ 31 * @since 2.2.0 32 */ 33 public interface DefinitionPatternMatcher { 34 35 /** 36 * Creates a definition, given the definition name, through the use of 37 * pattern matching. 38 * 39 * @param definitionName The definition name to match. 40 * @return The created definition, if matched, or <code>null</code> if not 41 * matched. 42 * @since 2.2.0 43 */ 44 Definition createDefinition(String definitionName); 45 }