| /** |
| * |
| * Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.xbean.server.loader; |
| |
| import org.apache.xbean.kernel.ServiceName; |
| import org.apache.xbean.kernel.Kernel; |
| |
| /** |
| * Loaders load configurations into a Kernel. |
| * @author Dain Sundstrom |
| * @version $Id$ |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface Loader { |
| /** |
| * Gets the kernel in which configuraitons are loaded. |
| * @return the kernel in which configurations are loaded |
| */ |
| Kernel getKernel(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Loads the specified configuration into the kernel. The location passed to this method is specific loader |
| * implementation. It is important to remember that a loader only loads the configuration into the kernel and |
| * does not start the configuration. |
| * |
| * @param location the location of the configuration |
| * @return the service name of the configuration added to the kernel |
| * @throws Exception if a problem occurs while loading the configuration |
| */ |
| ServiceName load(String location) throws Exception; |
| } |