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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.util;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* Abstraction for loading resources (streams, files, and classes).
*/
public interface ResourceLoader {
/**
* Opens a named resource
*/
public InputStream openResource(String resource) throws IOException;
/**
* Finds class of the name and expected type
*/
public <T> Class<? extends T> findClass(String cname, Class<T> expectedType);
/**
* Creates an instance of the name and expected type
*/
// TODO: fix exception handling
public <T> T newInstance(String cname, Class<T> expectedType);
}