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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A component bundle is a package comprising of one or several components that
 * share the same XML namespace and schema. 
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: ComponentsBundle.java 3033 2009-08-27 11:46:22Z teodord $
 */
public interface ComponentsBundle
{

	/**
	 * Returns the XML parsing information for this bundle.
	 * 
	 * @return the bundle XML parser
	 */
	ComponentsXmlParser getXmlParser();

	/**
	 * Returns a set that contains the names of components included in this
	 * bundle.
	 * 
	 * @return the set of component names in this bundle
	 */
	Set getComponentNames();

	/**
	 * Returns the manager for a component type identified by name.
	 * 
	 * @param componentName the component name
	 * @return the manager for the corresponding component type
	 * @throws JRRuntimeException if the bundle does not include a component type
	 * having the specified name
	 */
	ComponentManager getComponentManager(String componentName);

}