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package org.springframework.webflow.engine.model.registry;
import org.springframework.webflow.engine.model.FlowModel;
/**
* A runtime service locator interface for retrieving flow definitions by <code>id</code>. Flow locators are needed
* by flow executors at runtime to retrieve flow models to support loading flow definitions.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @author Erwin Vervaet
* @author Scott Andrews
*/
public interface FlowModelLocator {
/**
* Lookup the flow model with the specified id.
* @param id the flow model identifier
* @return the flow mode
* @throws NoSuchFlowModelException when the flow model with the specified id does not exist
*/
public FlowModel getFlowModel(String id) throws NoSuchFlowModelException;
}
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