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package org.apache.commons.mail;

import javax.activation.DataSource;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Creates a <code>DataSource</code> based on an URL.
 *
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface DataSourceResolver
{
    /**
     * Resolves the given resource location to a <code>DataSource</code>.
     *
     * @param resourceLocation the location of the resource
     * @return the <code>DataSource</code>
     * @throws IOException the resource was not found
     */
    DataSource resolve(final String resourceLocation) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Resolves the given resource location to a <code>DataSource</code>.
     *
     * @param resourceLocation the location of the resource
     * @param isLenient shall we ignore resources not found or complain with an exception?
     * @return the data source containing the resource or null if the resource was not found in lenient mode
     * @throws IOException resolving the resource failed
     */
    DataSource resolve(final String resourceLocation, final boolean isLenient)
        throws IOException;
}
