1 /* 2 * $Id: DefinitionPatternMatcherFactory.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 * Creates a new definition pattern matcher for the given pattern and the given 28 * base definition with pattern expressions. 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 DefinitionPatternMatcherFactory { 34 35 /** 36 * Creates a new definition pattern matcher. 37 * 38 * @param pattern The pattern to be matched. 39 * @param definition The base definition. Created definitions by 40 * {@link DefinitionPatternMatcher#createDefinition(String)} will created 41 * with this one as a basis. 42 * @return The definition pattern matcher. 43 * @since 2.2.0 44 */ 45 DefinitionPatternMatcher createDefinitionPatternMatcher(String pattern, 46 Definition definition); 47 }