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package org.apache.cayenne.di;
/**
* Maps ClassLoaders to resources. This is a useful abstraction when switching
* between environments. E.g. between JEE with thread/hierarchical classloaders
* and OSGi with per-bundle classloaders.
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface ClassLoaderManager {
/**
* Returns a ClassLoader appropriate for loading a given resource. Resource
* path should be compatible with Class.getResource(..) and such, i.e. the
* path component separator should be slash, not dot.
*/
ClassLoader getClassLoader(String resourceName);
}