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1   package org.apache.turbine.modules;
2   
3   /*
4    * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
5    *
6    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
7    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9    *
10   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11   *
12   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16   * limitations under the License.
17   */
18  
19  /***
20   * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
21   *
22   * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
23   * @version $Id: Loader.java 264152 2005-08-29 14:50:22Z henning $
24   */
25  
26  public interface Loader
27  {
28      /***
29       * Pulls out an instance of an Assembler Object by name.
30       *
31       * @param name Name of requested Object.
32       * @return An Assembler object or null.
33       * @exception Exception a generic exception.
34       */
35      Assembler getAssembler(String name)
36          throws Exception;
37  }