Source code: com/dghda/module/ModuleProvider.java
1 /* Copyright (C) 2001 Duane Griffin <duanegriffin@users.sourceforge.net>
2 This file is part of Kent.
3
4 Kent is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
8
9 Kent is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
15 License along with Kent; see the file COPYING. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
18 */
19
20 package com.dghda.module;
21
22 /** The interface that classes contained in the module loader path must implement. */
23 public interface ModuleProvider {
24
25 /**
26 An iterator over all modules provided.
27 The iterator returns instances of the Module interface.
28 */
29 public java.util.Iterator getModuleIterator();
30
31 /**
32 Returns the module instance with the given ID.
33 @returns null if the module isn't provided.
34 */
35 public Module getModule (String id);
36 }