src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/resolver/EntityRegistry.java

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package org.apache.commons.configuration2.resolver;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Interface used for registering and retrieving PUBLICID to URL mappings.
 * @since 1.7
 */
public interface EntityRegistry
{
    /**
     * <p>
     * Registers the specified URL for the specified public identifier.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * This implementation maps {@code PUBLICID}'s to URLs (from which
     * the resource will be loaded). A common use case for this method is to
     * register local URLs (possibly computed at runtime by a class loader) for
     * DTDs and Schemas. This allows the performance advantage of using a local
     * version without having to ensure every {@code SYSTEM} URI on every
     * processed XML document is local. This implementation provides only basic
     * functionality. If more sophisticated features are required, either calling
     * {@code XMLConfiguration.setDocumentBuilder(DocumentBuilder)} to set a custom
     * {@code DocumentBuilder} (which also can be initialized with a
     * custom {@code EntityResolver}) or creating a custom entity resolver
     * and registering it with the XMLConfiguration is recommended.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param publicId Public identifier of the Entity to be resolved
     * @param entityURL The URL to use for reading this Entity
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the public ID is undefined
     */
    void registerEntityId(String publicId, URL entityURL);

    /**
     * Returns a map with the entity IDs that have been registered using the
     * {@code registerEntityId()} method.
     *
     * @return a map with the registered entity IDs
     */
    Map<String, URL> getRegisteredEntities();
}