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package org.apache.wicket.application;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* An interface to code which finds classes and resources
*
* @author Jonathan Locke
* @author Juergen Donnerstag
*/
public interface IClassResolver
{
/**
* Resolves a class by name (which may or may not involve loading it; thus the name class
* *resolver* not *loader*).
*
* @param classname
* Fully qualified classname to find
* @return Class
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
*/
Class<?> resolveClass(final String classname) throws ClassNotFoundException;
/**
* Tries to load all the resources by the name that is given.
*
* @param name
* @return iterator over matching resources
*/
Iterator<URL> getResources(String name);
/**
* Returns the {@link ClassLoader} to be used for resolving classes
*
* @return the {@link ClassLoader} to be used for resolving classes
*/
ClassLoader getClassLoader();
}