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## org.springframework.ui.context
Interface HierarchicalThemeSource

All Superinterfaces:
  ThemeSource

All Known Implementing Classes:
  DelegatingThemeSource, ResourceBundleThemeSource

    public interface HierarchicalThemeSource

extends ThemeSource

Sub-interface of ThemeSource to be implemented by objects that can resolve theme messages hierarchically.

Author:
  Jean-Pierre Pawlak, Juergen Hoeller

Method Summary
`ThemeSource` `getParentThemeSource()` Return the parent of this ThemeSource, or `null` if none.
`void` `setParentThemeSource(ThemeSource parent)` Set the parent that will be used to try to resolve theme messages that this object can't resolve.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.ui.context.ThemeSource
`getTheme`

Method Detail

### setParentThemeSource

    void setParentThemeSource(ThemeSource parent)

  Set the parent that will be used to try to resolve theme messages that this object can't resolve.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the parent ThemeSource that will be used to resolve messages that this object can't resolve. May be `null`, in which case no further resolution is possible.

### getParentThemeSource

    ThemeSource getParentThemeSource()

  Return the parent of this ThemeSource, or `null` if none.

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