/*

  * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  * 

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  * limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.kuali.rice.krad.util.properties;

 import java.util.Properties;

 import org.kuali.rice.krad.exception.PropertiesException;

 /**

  * This is an interface for a source for properties

  * 

  * 

  */

 public interface PropertySource {

     /**

      * @return Properties loaded from this PropertySource

      * @throws PropertiesException if there's a problem loading the properties

      */

     public Properties loadProperties();

 }