impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/spi/FaceletConfigResourceProvider.java

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package org.apache.myfaces.spi;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collection;

import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;

/**
 * Locate facelet taglib xml files through classpath. These
 * files has definitions that are used by facelets algorithm to parse view files.
 * <p>
 * By default it locate all files inside META-INF folder, ending with .taglib.xml
 * </p> 
 * 
 * @since 2.0.2
 * @author Leonardo Uribe 
 */
public abstract class FaceletConfigResourceProvider
{
    
    /**
     * Return a list of urls pointing to valid facelet taglib xml files. These
     * files will be parsed later and used by facelets algorithm.
     * 
     * @param context
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Collection<URL> getFaceletTagLibConfigurationResources(ExternalContext context) throws IOException;
}