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12 package org.simantics.db.common.provider;
14 import org.simantics.db.AsyncReadGraph;
15 import org.simantics.db.ReadGraph;
16 import org.simantics.db.Resource;
17 import org.simantics.utils.datastructures.Callback;
20 * An interface for externalizing the logic of retrieving an arbitrary resource
24 * A {@link ReadGraph} is provided to allow implementations to browse the graph
25 * in order to retrieve a resource.
29 * This interface has a synchronously operating counterpart, {@link ResourceProvider}.
32 * @see ResourceProviders
33 * @see ResourceProvider
35 * @author Tuukka Lehtonen
37 public interface AsyncResourceProvider {
40 * @param graph an asynchronous graph for retrieving the resource to return
41 * @param callback a callback that is invoked with the provided resource
43 void get(AsyncReadGraph graph, Callback<Resource> callback);