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package org.apache.ofbiz.base.config;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.URL;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * Contains resource information and provides for loading data
 *
 */
public interface ResourceHandler extends Serializable {

    public String getLoaderName();

    public String getLocation();

    public Document getDocument() throws GenericConfigException;

    public InputStream getStream() throws GenericConfigException;

    public URL getURL() throws GenericConfigException;

    public boolean isFileResource() throws GenericConfigException;

    public String getFullLocation() throws GenericConfigException;
}