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+package bjc.utils.components;
+
+import bjc.utils.funcdata.IList;
+import bjc.utils.funcdata.IMap;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of implementations of a particular type of
+ * {@link IDescribedComponent}
+ *
+ * @author ben
+ *
+ * @param <ComponentType>
+ *                The type of components contained in this repository
+ */
+public interface IComponentRepository<ComponentType extends IDescribedComponent> {
+	/**
+	 * Get all of the components this repository knows about
+	 *
+	 * @return A map from component name to component, containing all of the
+	 *         components in the repositories
+	 */
+	public IMap<String, ComponentType> getAll();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a component with a specific name
+	 *
+	 * @param name
+	 *                The name of the component to retrieve
+	 * @return The named component, or null if no component with that name
+	 *         exists
+	 */
+	public ComponentType getByName(String name);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a list of all the registered components
+	 *
+	 * @return A list of all the registered components
+	 */
+	public default IList<ComponentType> getList() {
+		return getAll().valueList();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the source from which these components came
+	 *
+	 * @return The source from which these components came
+	 */
+	public String getSource();
+}
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