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016
017package org.springframework.test.annotation;
018
019/**
020 * <p>
021 * Strategy interface for retrieving <em>profile values</em> for a given
022 * testing environment.
023 * </p>
024 * <p>
025 * Concrete implementations must provide a {@code public} no-args
026 * constructor.
027 * </p>
028 * <p>
029 * Spring provides the following out-of-the-box implementations:
030 * </p>
031 * <ul>
032 * <li>{@link SystemProfileValueSource}</li>
033 * </ul>
034 *
035 * @author Rod Johnson
036 * @author Sam Brannen
037 * @since 2.0
038 * @see ProfileValueSourceConfiguration
039 * @see IfProfileValue
040 * @see ProfileValueUtils
041 */
042public interface ProfileValueSource {
043
044        /**
045         * Get the <em>profile value</em> indicated by the specified key.
046         * @param key the name of the <em>profile value</em>
047         * @return the String value of the <em>profile value</em>, or {@code null}
048         * if there is no <em>profile value</em> with that key
049         */
050        String get(String key);
051
052}