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Interface PackageStore

public interface PackageStore

Interface defining an object that stores and creates packages. This interface primarily is designed to define a cache to decrease the number of objects created. It also exists to support unit testing so a mocked cache can be inserted for testing.

Since:

1.2

Author:

bharris

Method Summary

Package	getPackage(Package parent, java.lang.String packagename) Finds/creates a package based on the parent package and the relative name.
Package	getPackage(java.lang.String packagename) Finds/creates a package with the specified name.

Method Detail

getPackage

public Package getPackage(Package parent,
                          java.lang.String packagename)

Finds/creates a package based on the parent package and the relative name.

Parameters:

parent - The parent package.

packagename - The relative name.

Returns:

A new or cached package corresponding to the requested package.

Since:

1.2

getPackage

public Package getPackage(java.lang.String packagename)

Finds/creates a package with the specified name.

Parameters:

packagename - The package name.

Returns:

A new or cached package corresponding to the requested package.

Since:

1.2