framework/widget/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/widget/WidgetLoader.java

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package org.apache.ofbiz.widget;

/**
 *  A service that registers screen widget classes with the screen widget factory.
 *  Applications implement this interface to add their widget implementations
 *  to the OFBiz framework.<p>Implementations must have their class names
 *  in the <code>META-INF/service/org.apache.ofbiz.widget.WidgetLoader</code> file.</p>
 */
public interface WidgetLoader {

    /**
     * Registers screen widgets with the widget factory.<p>Implementations register
     * screen widget classes by calling the <code>WidgetFactory registerXxxx</code>
     * methods.</p>
     */
    void loadWidgets();

}