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    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  }