01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004 Brian S O'Neill
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.cojen.classfile;
18:
19: import java.io.InputStream;
20: import java.io.IOException;
21:
22: /**
23: * Loads data for class files from qualified class names.
24: *
25: * @author Brian S O'Neill
26: */
27: public interface ClassFileDataLoader {
28: /**
29: * Returns null if class data not found. The given name must use '.'
30: * characters to separate packages and top-level classes. A '$' character
31: * separates inner class names.
32: *
33: * @param name fully qualified class name
34: */
35: InputStream getClassData(String name) throws IOException;
36: }
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