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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 The Mir-coders group
+ *
+ * This file is part of Mir.
+ *
+ * Mir is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Mir is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Mir; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, The Mir-coders gives permission to link
+ * the code of this program with  any library licensed under the Apache Software License,
+ * The Sun (tm) Java Advanced Imaging library (JAI), The Sun JIMI library
+ * (or with modified versions of the above that use the same license as the above),
+ * and distribute linked combinations including the two.  You must obey the
+ * GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than
+ * the above mentioned libraries.  If you modify this file, you may extend this
+ * exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.
+ * If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+ */
+package mir.bundle;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * The BundleLoader is responsible for the physical loading of (abstract)
+ * {@link Bundle}s. A <code>Bundle</code> is identified by a directory
+ * and a set of parameters. The directory typically denotes the base of
+ * a set of <code>Bundles</code>, the parameters stand for a particular
+ * instance. E.g. the directory might stand for the purpose of the bundles,
+ * the parameters for the locale.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * <code>BundleLoader</code>s should not do any caching, since that's the
+ * responsibility of the {@link BasicBundleFactory}.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface BundleLoader {
+  /**
+   * Loads the bundle specified by <code>aDirectory</code> and
+   * <code>aParameters</code>.
+   */
+  public Bundle loadBundle(String aDirectory, String[] aParameters);
+}