    001package org.apache.turbine.modules;
    002
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    021
    022/**
    023 * A common interface for Screen, Layout and Navigation Loader
    024 *
    025 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
    026 * @param <T> the specialized assembler type
    027 */
    028public interface Loader<T extends Assembler>
    029{
    030    /**
    031     * Get an Assembler.
    032     *
    033     * @param name name of the requested Assembler
    034     * @return an Assembler
    035     * @throws Exception generic exception
    036     */
    037    T getAssembler(String name) throws Exception;
    038
    039    /**
    040     * Get the size of a possibly configured cache
    041     *
    042     * @return the size of the cache in bytes
    043     */
    044    int getCacheSize();
    045}