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  package org.apache.cayenne.configuration;
  
  import org.apache.cayenne.resource.Resource;
  
  /**
   * A service that maps the names of configuration objects to the resource names.
   */
  public interface ConfigurationNameMapper {
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns the name of a configuration resource based on a naming convention
  	 * for a given node type.
  	 */
  	String configurationLocation(ConfigurationNode node);
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns the name of a configuration resource based on a naming convention
  	 * for a given node type.
  	 */
  	String configurationLocation(Class<? extends ConfigurationNode> type, String nodeName);
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns a node name for a given configuration type and a configuration
  	 * resource. This operation is the opposite of the
  	 * {@link #configurationLocation(Class, String)} . May return null if the
  	 * resource name is not following the expected naming format.
  	 */
  	String configurationNodeName(Class<? extends ConfigurationNode> type, Resource resource);
  }
  