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017    package org.apache.commons.configuration.resolver;
018    
019    import java.net.URL;
020    import java.util.Map;
021    
022    /**
023     * Interface used for registering and retrieving PUBLICID to URL mappings.
024     * @author <a
025     * href="http://commons.apache.org/configuration/team-list.html">Commons
026     * Configuration team</a>
027     * @since 1.7
028     * @version $Id: EntityRegistry.java 729581 2008-12-27 02:27:49Z rgoers $
029     */
030    public interface EntityRegistry
031    {
032        /**
033         * <p>
034         * Registers the specified URL for the specified public identifier.
035         * </p>
036         * <p>
037         * This implementation maps <code>PUBLICID</code>'s to URLs (from which
038         * the resource will be loaded). A common use case for this method is to
039         * register local URLs (possibly computed at runtime by a class loader) for
040         * DTDs and Schemas. This allows the performance advantage of using a local
041         * version without having to ensure every <code>SYSTEM</code> URI on every
042         * processed XML document is local. This implementation provides only basic
043         * functionality. If more sophisticated features are required, either calling
044         * <code>XMLConfiguration.setDocumentBuilder(DocumentBuilder)<code> to set a custom
045         * <code>DocumentBuilder</code> (which also can be initialized with a
046         * custom <code>EntityResolver</code>) or creating a custom entity resolver
047         * and registering it with the XMLConfiguration is recommended.
048         * </p>
049         *
050         * @param publicId Public identifier of the Entity to be resolved
051         * @param entityURL The URL to use for reading this Entity
052         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the public ID is undefined
053         */
054        void registerEntityId(String publicId, URL entityURL);
055    
056        /**
057         * Returns a map with the entity IDs that have been registered using the
058         * <code>registerEntityId()</code> method.
059         *
060         * @return a map with the registered entity IDs
061         */
062        Map getRegisteredEntities();
063    }