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33 package com.jme.util.resource;
38 * Interface for locating resources from resource names.
40 * @author Joshua Slack
42 public interface ResourceLocator {
45 * Locates a resource according to the strategy of the reousrce locator implementation (subclass).
46 * @see SimpleResourceLocator
47 * @see MultiFormatResourceLocator
48 * @param resourceName the name of the resource to locate; it this is a path it must be slash separated (no backslashes)
49 * @return a URL for the resource, null if the resource was not found
51 public URL locateResource(String resourceName);