001/* 002 * Copyright (C) Christian Schulte, 2005-206 003 * All rights reserved. 004 * 005 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 006 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 007 * are met: 008 * 009 * o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 010 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 011 * 012 * o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 013 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 014 * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the 015 * distribution. 016 * 017 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, 018 * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY 019 * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 020 * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 021 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 022 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 023 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 024 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 025 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 026 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 027 * 028 * $JOMC: ModletProvider.java 4613 2012-09-22 10:07:08Z schulte $ 029 * 030 */ 031package org.jomc.modlet; 032 033/** 034 * {@code Modlet} provider interface. 035 * 036 * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a> 037 * @version $JOMC: ModletProvider.java 4613 2012-09-22 10:07:08Z schulte $ 038 * @see ModelContext#findModlets() 039 */ 040public interface ModletProvider 041{ 042 043 /** 044 * Searches a given context for {@code Modlets}. 045 * 046 * @param context The context to search for {@code Modlets}. 047 * 048 * @return The {@code Modlets} found in the context or {@code null}, if no {@code Modlets} are found. 049 * 050 * @throws NullPointerException if {@code context} is {@code null}. 051 * @throws ModelException if searching the context fails. 052 */ 053 Modlets findModlets( ModelContext context ) throws NullPointerException, ModelException; 054 055}