1 package org.apache.turbine.modules;
2
3
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22
23 /**
24 * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
25 *
26 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
27 * @param <T> the specialized assembler type
28 */
29 public interface Loader<T extends Assembler>
30 {
31 /**
32 * Get an Assembler.
33 *
34 * @param name name of the requested Assembler
35 * @return an Assembler
36 * @throws Exception generic exception
37 */
38 T getAssembler(String name) throws Exception;
39
40 /**
41 * Get the size of a possibly configured cache
42 *
43 * @return the size of the cache in bytes
44 */
45 int getCacheSize();
46 }