ResourceFinder.java

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package org.apache.axis2.metadata.resource;

import java.net.URL;

/*
 * ResourceFinder will be used to find Resources from a classloader. 
 * for example a ResourceFinder can be used to get all the resources as url from classloader
 * or it can be used to find a class in classpath from Classloader. 
 */

public interface ResourceFinder {
    
    /**
     * This method reads all the resource URLs available to this classLoader.
     * @param cl
     * @return
     */
    URL[] getURLs(ClassLoader cl);

}