net.sf.jguiraffe.resources

Interface ResourceLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BundleResourceLoader

public interface ResourceLoader

Definition of an interface for objects that are able to load resource groups.

A ResourceLoader is responsible for retrieving ResourceGroup objects from a specific source. There will be different implementations for different resource sources like resource bundles, database tables, etc.

This interface defines only a single method that must somehow retrieve a resource group for a given Locale specified by a name. If this fails, an exception will be thrown.

Version:

$Id: ResourceLoader.java 205 2012-01-29 18:29:57Z oheger $

Author:

Oliver Heger

See Also:

ResourceGroup

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ResourceGroup	loadGroup(Locale locale, Object name) Performs all necessary steps to retrieve the specified resource group.

Method Detail

loadGroup

ResourceGroup loadGroup(Locale locale,
                        Object name)
                 throws MissingResourceException

Performs all necessary steps to retrieve the specified resource group. This method will be called by a ResourceManager whenever resource entries or groups are accessed.

Parameters:

locale - the Locale

name - the name of the searched resource group

Returns:

the resource group

Throws:

MissingResourceException - if this group cannot be retrieved