/*
* Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan. All rights reserved.
* This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
* It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
* You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose,
* including teaching and use in open-source projects.
* You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
* For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book,
* please visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples3.
*/
package je3.gui;
/**
* This interface defines an extension mechanism that allows GUIResourceBundle
* to parse arbitrary resource types
**/
public interface ResourceParser {
/**
* Return an array of classes that specify what kind of resources
* this parser can handle
**/
public Class[] getResourceTypes();
/**
* Read the property named by key from the specified bundle, convert
* it to the specified type, and return it. For complex resources,
* the parser may need to read more than one property from the bundle;
* typically it may a number of properties whose names begin with the
* specified key.
**/
public Object parse(GUIResourceBundle bundle, String key, Class type)
throws Exception;
}
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