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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();
}