trunk/xbean-server/src/main/java/org/apache/xbean/server/repository/Repository.java

/**
 *
 * 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
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 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.apache.xbean.server.repository;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Repository is used to locate resources by id.
 *
 * @author Dain Sundstrom
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface Repository {
    /**
     * Gets a URL to the specified resource.
     * @param id the id of the resource
     * @return the location of the resource or null if the repository does not contain the resource
     */
    URL getResource(String id);
}