1 /* 2 * Copyright 2004 Brian S O'Neill 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 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 } 37