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