ReferenceProvider (The Adobe AEM Quickstart and Web Application. 6.6.2)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssetReferenceProvider, CanvasReferenceProvider
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public interface ReferenceProvider
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The ReferencedResourceProvider finds references to a specific resource

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default @NotNull java.util.List<Reference>`	`findReferences(@NotNull Resource resource, boolean onlyValidReferences)`	Finds references to a specific resource
`java.util.List<Reference>`	`findReferences(Resource resource)`	Finds references to a specific resource

- Method Detail
  - findReferences
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java.util.List<Reference> findReferences(Resource resource)
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    Finds references to a specific resource
    
    Parameters:
    
    resource - the resource to find references to, never null
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of references, possibly empty but never null
  - findReferences
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@NotNull
default @NotNull java.util.List<Reference> findReferences(@NotNull
                                                          @NotNull Resource resource,
                                                          boolean onlyValidReferences)
                                                   throws InvalidReferenceException
```
    Finds references to a specific resource
    
    Parameters:
    
    resource - the resource to find references to, never null
    
    onlyValidReferences - if set to true, will retrieve only valid references. a reference is considered valid when it can be retrieved, its fields/properties respect all conditions imposed on them (i.e. regex pattern or unique property)
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of references, possibly empty but never null
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidReferenceException - if any invalid references are found