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036
037 package org.deegree.framework.xml;
038
039 import java.io.IOException;
040
041 /**
042 * The <code>XLinkResolver</code> interface defines methods for the resolving of an xlink:href uri. Use-cases could be
043 * the resolving of an uri in a database, a localfile, a server or anything to which an URI could point.
044 *
045 * @author <a href="mailto:bezema@lat-lon.de">Rutger Bezema</a>
046 *
047 * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
048 *
049 * @version $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18 Jun 2009) $
050 * @param <T>
051 * the type of the implementation
052 *
053 */
054 public interface XLinkResolver<T> {
055
056 /**
057 * Opens a stream to a resource which is defined by the uri.
058 *
059 * @param uri
060 * to locate
061 * @return an opened InputStream to the given resource or <code>null</code> if no resource was found.
062 * @throws IOException
063 * If an error occurred while locating or opening the resource.
064 */
065 public T getURIAsType( String uri )
066 throws IOException;
067
068 }