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23
24 /*
25  * ClassFileLoader.java
26  *
27  * Created on August 13, 2004, 9:05 PM
28  */
29
30 package com.sun.enterprise.tools.verifier.apiscan.classfile;
31
32 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
33
34 /**
35  * This is loader for ClassFile similar to what ClassLoader is for class in
36  * Java.
37  *
38  * @author Sanjeeb.Sahoo@Sun.COM
39  */
40 public interface ClassFileLoader {
41     /**
42      * @param externalClassName class name in external form. This is same as
43      * what is used in java.lang.ClassLoader.load() or
44      * Class.forName(). It is upto the implementation
45      * to decide if they want to use caching or not.
46      * @return The {@link ClassFile} loaded.
47      * @throws IOException if specified class could not be found.
48      * @see ClassFile
49      */
50     ClassFile load(String JavaDoc externalClassName) throws IOException JavaDoc;
51 }
52
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