1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3 // Copyright (C) 2001-2024 the original author or authors.
4 //
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9 //
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18 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19
20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
21
22 /**
23 * Resolves properties in module configurations.
24 *
25 * <p>The {@link ConfigurationLoader} uses a PropertyResolver to
26 * resolve the values of external properties like {@code ${basename}}
27 * that occur in the configuration file.
28 *
29 * @see ConfigurationLoader
30 */
31 @FunctionalInterface
32 public interface PropertyResolver {
33
34 /**
35 * Resolves a property name to its value.
36 *
37 * @param name the name of the property.
38 * @return the value that is associated with {@code propertyName}.
39 */
40 String resolve(String name);
41
42 }