001    package org.apache.fulcrum.yaafi.framework.role;
002    
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021    
022    import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
023    import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException;
024    
025    /**
026     * Parses the role configuration file of various Avalon containers.
027     *
028     * @author <a href="mailto:siegfried.goeschl@it20one.at">Siegfried Goeschl</a>
029     */
030    
031    public interface RoleConfigurationParser
032    {
033        /**
034         * Parses a role configuration file.
035         *
036         * @param roleConfiguration the role configuration file to parse
037         * @return the parsed RoleEntries
038         * @exception ConfigurationException parsing the configuration failesw
039         */
040        public RoleEntry[] parse( Configuration roleConfiguration )
041            throws ConfigurationException;
042    }