MonoRail/Castle.MonoRail.Framework/IResourceFactory.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MonoRail.Framework
  16 {
  17         using System.Reflection;
  18
  19         using Castle.MonoRail.Framework.Internal;
  20
  21         /// <summary>
  22         /// Depicts the contract used by the engine
  23         /// to obtain implementations of <see cref="IResource"/>.
  24         /// </summary>
  25         public interface IResourceFactory
  26         {
  27                 /// <summary>
  28                 /// Creates the specified descriptor.
  29                 /// </summary>
  30                 /// <param name="descriptor">The descriptor.</param>
  31                 /// <param name="appAssembly">The app assembly.</param>
  32                 /// <returns></returns>
  33                 IResource Create(ResourceDescriptor descriptor, Assembly appAssembly);
  34
  35                 /// <summary>
  36                 /// Releases the specified resource.
  37                 /// </summary>
  38                 /// <param name="resource">The resource.</param>
  39                 void Release(IResource resource);
  40         }
  41 }