RELEASE_2_1_13/src/java/org/apache/cocoon/environment/SourceResolver.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.environment;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 * Base interface for resolving a source by system identifiers. This 
 * component is a special extension of the Avalon Excalibur 
 * {@link org.apache.excalibur.source.SourceResolver} that is only
 * used for Cocoon sitemap components.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a>
 * @version CVS $Id$
 */

public interface SourceResolver
extends org.apache.excalibur.source.SourceResolver {

    /**
     * Resolve the source.
     * @param systemID This is either a system identifier
     * (<code>java.net.URL</code> or a local file.
     * @deprecated Use the resolveURI methods instead
     */
    Source resolve(String systemID)
    throws ProcessingException, SAXException, IOException;

}