1 package org.apache.turbine.modules;
2
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21
22 /**
23 * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
24 *
25 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
26 * @param <T> the specialized assembler type
27 */
28 public interface Loader<T extends Assembler>
29 {
30 /**
31 * Get an Assembler.
32 *
33 * @param name name of the requested Assembler
34 * @return an Assembler
35 * @throws Exception generic exception
36 */
37 T getAssembler(String name) throws Exception;
38
39 /**
40 * Get the size of a possibly configured cache
41 *
42 * @return the size of the cache in bytes
43 */
44 int getCacheSize();
45 }