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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
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9  *
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15  */

16
17 package org.cojen.classfile;
18
19 import java.io.InputStream JavaDoc;
20 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
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 JavaDoc getClassData(String JavaDoc name) throws IOException JavaDoc;
36 }
37
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