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1   package org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation;
2   
3   import java.util.List;
4   
5   /*
6    * Copyright 2001-2008 Codehaus Foundation.
7    *
8    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
9    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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11   *
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13   *
14   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
15   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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17   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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19   */
20  
21  /**
22   * Supplies one strategy for resolving a value for an interpolation expression.
23   * ValueSources may be stacked.
24   */
25  public interface ValueSource {
26  
27      /**
28       * @param expression The string expression.
29       * @return the value related to the expression, or null if not found.
30       */
31      public Object getValue(String expression);
32  
33      /**
34       * Return the feedback about resolution failures for a particular expression.
35       *
36       * @return a combination of String and Throwable instances, where strings
37       * related to throwables are listed first.
38       */
39      List getFeedback();
40  
41      /**
42       * Clear the feedback accumulated by a prior interpolation run.
43       */
44      void clearFeedback();
45  }