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 *
 *  Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.loader;

import java.util.List;

import javax.wsdl.Definition;
import javax.wsdl.PortType;

import org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.AssemblyModelContext;
import org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.ComponentType;
import org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.Module;
import org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.ModuleFragment;
import org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly.Subsystem;

/**
 * An assembly model loader.
 */
public interface AssemblyModelLoader {
    
    /**
     * Sets the model context to use.
     * @param modelContext
     */
    void setModelContext(AssemblyModelContext modelContext);

    /**
     * Returns the module at the given uri
     * @param uri
     * @return
     */
    Module loadModule(String uri);

    /**
     * Returns the module at the given uri
     * @param uri
     * @return
     */
    ModuleFragment loadModuleFragment(String uri);

    /**
     * Returns the component type at the given uri
     * @param uri
     * @return
     */
    ComponentType loadComponentType(String uri);

    /**
     * Returns the subsystem at the given uri.
     * @param uri
     * @return
     */
    Subsystem loadSubsystem(String uri);

    /**
     * Load a WSDL definition
     */
    Definition loadDefinition(String uri);
    
    /**
     * Load definitions by namespace
     * @param uri
     * @return
     */
    List<Definition> loadDefinitions(String namespace);
    
}