TypeResolver.java

/**
 * Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package org.drools.base;

import java.util.Set;

public interface TypeResolver {
    public Set getImports();

    public void addImport(String importEntry);

    public Class resolveType(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;

    /**
     * This will return the fully qualified type name (including the namespace).
     * Eg, if it was a pojo org.drools.Cheese, then if you passed in "Cheese" you should get back
     * "org.drools.Cheese"
     */
	public String getFullTypeName(String shortName) throws ClassNotFoundException;

}