001    /*
002     * Copyright 2004-2005 the original author or authors.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */ 
016    package groovy.lang;
017    
018    import java.net.URL;
019    import java.net.MalformedURLException;
020    
021    /**
022     * Allows frameworks that integrate with Groovy to determine how Groovy files are resolved.
023     * 
024     * @author Steven Devijver
025     */
026    public interface GroovyResourceLoader {
027    
028        /**
029         * Loads a Groovy source file given its name.
030         *
031         * @param filename name of the file
032         * @return a URL
033         */
034        public URL loadGroovySource(String filename) throws MalformedURLException;
035    }