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package org.apache.commons.configuration2.io;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * <p>
 * A specialized implementation of {@code FileLocationStrategy} which checks
 * whether a passed in {@link FileLocator} already has a defined URL.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * {@code FileLocator} objects that have a URL already reference a file in an
 * unambiguous way. Therefore, this strategy just returns the URL of the passed
 * in {@code FileLocator}. It can be used as a first step of the file resolving
 * process. If it fails, more sophisticated attempts for resolving the file can
 * be made.
 * </p>
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class ProvidedURLLocationStrategy implements FileLocationStrategy
{
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc} This implementation just returns the URL stored in the
     * given {@code FileLocator}.
     */
    @Override
    public URL locate(FileSystem fileSystem, FileLocator locator)
    {
        return locator.getSourceURL();
    }
}