1 /**
2 * Copyright 2011 meltmedia
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.xchain.framework.net;
17
18 import java.net.URL;
19
20 /**
21 * Base interface for translating resource URLs in the system URLs.
22 *
23 * @author Christian Trimble
24 * @author Devon Tackett
25 */
26 public interface UrlTranslationStrategy
27 {
28 /**
29 * Translates a resource url into the actual url on the system. If this strategy cannot translate the resouce url,
30 * then this method should return null.
31 */
32 public URL translateUrl( URL resourceUrl );
33 }