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

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package org.apache.cocoon.environment;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Defines an interface to provide client context information .
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dims@yahoo.com">Davanum Srinivas</a>
 * @version CVS $Id$
 *
 */

public interface Context {

    Object getAttribute(String name);

    void setAttribute(String name, Object value);

    void removeAttribute(String name);

    Enumeration getAttributeNames();

    URL getResource(String path) throws MalformedURLException;

    String getRealPath(String path);

    String getMimeType(String file);

    String getInitParameter(String name);

    InputStream getResourceAsStream(String path);
}