groovy-core/src/main/groovy/util/ResourceConnector.java

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package groovy.util;

import java.net.URLConnection;

/**
 * Base interface for customizing where resources can be found for the <code>GroovyScriptEngine</code>.
 *
 * @author sam
 */
public interface ResourceConnector {

    /**
     * Retrieve a URLConnection to a script referenced by name.
     *
     * @param name
     * @throws ResourceException
     */
    URLConnection getResourceConnection(String name) throws ResourceException;
}