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017    package org.apache.commons.discovery;
018    
019    
020    /**
021     * Interface representing a mapping
022     * from a set of source resource names
023     * to a resultant set of resource names.
024     * 
025     * @author Richard A. Sitze
026     * @author Costin Manolache
027     */
028    public interface ResourceNameDiscover
029    {
030        /**
031         * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceName</code>.
032         * 
033         * @return ResourceNameIterator
034         */
035        public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(String resourceName);
036    
037        /**
038         * Locate names of resources that are bound to <code>resourceNames</code>.
039         * 
040         * @return ResourceNameIterator
041         */
042        public ResourceNameIterator findResourceNames(ResourceNameIterator resourceNames);
043    }