Coverage Report

##### Coverage Report - org.webmacro.Provider

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| 1.0;1

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     /*
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      * Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Semiotek Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
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      *
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      * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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      * modification, are permitted under the terms of either of the following
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      * Open Source licenses:
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      *
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      * The GNU General Public License, version 2, or any later version, as
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      * published by the Free Software Foundation
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      * (http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html);
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      *
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      *  or
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      *
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      * The Semiotek Public License (http://webmacro.org/LICENSE.)
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      *
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      * This software is provided "as is", with NO WARRANTY, not even the
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      * implied warranties of fitness to purpose, or merchantability. You
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      * assume all risks and liabilities associated with its use.
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      *
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      * See www.webmacro.org for more information on the WebMacro project.
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      */
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     package org.webmacro;
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     import org.webmacro.util.Settings;
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     /**
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      * A Provider is an object responsible or loading and managing
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      * instances of a given type. The Provider is used by the Broker
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      * to look up objects on demand.
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      * <p>
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      * By implementing new Provider types and registering them with
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      * the broker via WebMacro.properties you can extend or change
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      * WebMacro's behavior.
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      */
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     public interface Provider
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     {
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         /**
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          * Return an array representing the types this provider serves up
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          */
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         public String getType ();
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         /**
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          * Initialize this provider based on the specified config.
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          */
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         public void init (Broker b, Settings config) throws InitException;
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         /**
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          * Clear any cache this provider may be maintaining
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          */
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         public void flush ();
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         /**
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          * Close down this provider, freeing any allocated resources.
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          */
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         public void destroy ();
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         /**
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          * Get the object associated with the specified query
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          */
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         public Object get (String query) throws ResourceException;
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     }
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