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+package org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache 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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.velocity.Template;
+import org.apache.velocity.exception.VelocityException;
+
+/**
+ * Class responsible for instantiating <code>Resource</code> objects,
+ * given name and type.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@apache.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:geirm@optonline.net">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class ResourceFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * @param resourceName
+     * @param resourceType
+     * @return The resource described by name and type.
+     */
+    public static Resource getResource(String resourceName, int resourceType)
+    {
+        Resource resource = null;
+
+        switch (resourceType)
+        {
+            case ResourceManager.RESOURCE_TEMPLATE:
+                resource = new Template();
+                break;
+
+            case ResourceManager.RESOURCE_CONTENT:
+                resource = new ContentResource();
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new VelocityException("invalide resource type");
+        }
+
+        return resource;
+    }
+}