    001package org.apache.turbine.modules;
    002
    003
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    022
    023/**
    024 * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
    025 *
    026 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
    027 * @param <T> the specialized assembler type
    028 */
    029public interface Loader<T extends Assembler>
    030{
    031    /**
    032     * Get an Assembler.
    033     *
    034     * @param name name of the requested Assembler
    035     * @return an Assembler
    036     * @throws Exception generic exception
    037     */
    038    T getAssembler(String name) throws Exception;
    039
    040    /**
    041     * Get the size of a possibly configured cache
    042     *
    043     * @return the size of the cache in bytes
    044     */
    045    int getCacheSize();
    046}