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    1   package org.apache.turbine.modules;
    2
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    21
    22  /**
    23   * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
    24   *
    25   * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
    26   * @param <T> the specialized assembler type
    27   */
    28  public interface Loader<T extends Assembler>
    29  {
    30      /**
    31       * Get an Assembler.
    32       *
    33       * @param name name of the requested Assembler
    34       * @return an Assembler
    35       * @throws Exception generic exception
    36       */
    37      T getAssembler(String name) throws Exception;
    38
    39      /**
    40       * Get the size of a possibly configured cache
    41       *
    42       * @return the size of the cache in bytes
    43       */
    44      int getCacheSize();
    45  }