SymbolProvider (Tapestry API - 5.8.7)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClasspathResourceSymbolProvider, ContextResourceSymbolProvider, DelegatingSymbolProvider, MapSymbolProvider, ResourceSymbolProvider, ServletContextSymbolProvider, SingleKeySymbolProvider, SystemEnvSymbolProvider, SystemPropertiesSymbolProvider
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@UsesMappedConfiguration(java.lang.String.class)
public interface SymbolProvider
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A provider of values for symbols, used by the SymbolSource service. This is the service interface for the FactoryDefaults and ApplicationDefaults services; each of these takes a configuration mapping symbols to their values.

See Also:

FactoryDefaults, ApplicationDefaults

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`valueForSymbol(java.lang.String symbolName)`	Returns the value for the symbol, or null if this provider can not provide a value.

- Method Detail
  - valueForSymbol
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java.lang.String valueForSymbol(java.lang.String symbolName)
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    Returns the value for the symbol, or null if this provider can not provide a value. The value itself may contain symbols that will be recursively expanded.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symbolName -
    
    Returns:
    
    the value or null