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17  package org.apache.commons.discovery;
18  
19  
20  /***
21   * Interface representing a mapping
22   * from a set of source resource names
23   * to a resultant set of resource names.
24   * 
25   * @author Richard A. Sitze
26   * @author Costin Manolache
27   */
28  public interface ResourceNameDiscover
29  {
30      /***
31       * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceName</code>.
32       * 
33       * @return ResourceNameIterator
34       */
35      public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
36  
37      /***
38       * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceNames</code>.
39       * 
40       * @return ResourceNameIterator
41       */
42      public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
43  }