001    /*
002     * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    
017    package org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime.util;
018    
019    import java.net.MalformedURLException;
020    import java.net.URL;
021    
022    /**
023     * Abstraction of something that loads resources by name.
024     *
025     * @version $Id: ResourceLoader.java 12 2009-07-16 09:27:15Z user57 $
026     * @author <a href="mailto:jason@planet57.com">Jason Dillon</a>
027     */
028    public interface ResourceLoader
029    {
030        URL loadResource(final String name) throws MalformedURLException;
031    }