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 * Copyright 2003 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.github.drinkjava2.cglib.core;

/**
 * Customize the generated class name for {@link AbstractClassGenerator}-based utilities.
 */
public interface NamingPolicy {
    /**
     * Choose a name for a generated class.
     * @param prefix a dotted-name chosen by the generating class (possibly to put the generated class in a particular package)
     * @param source the fully-qualified class name of the generating class (for example "com.github.drinkjava2.cglib.Enhancer")
     * @param key A key object representing the state of the parameters; for caching to work properly, equal keys should result
     * in the same generated class name. The default policy incorporates key.hashCode() into the class name.
     * @param names a predicate that returns true if the given classname has already been used in the same ClassLoader.
     * @return the fully-qualified class name
     */
    String getClassName(String prefix, String source, Object key, Predicate names);

    /**
     * The NamingPolicy in use does not currently, but may
     * in the future, affect the caching of classes generated by {@link
     * AbstractClassGenerator}, so this is a reminder that you should
     * correctly implement equals and hashCode
     * to avoid generating too many classes.
     */
    boolean equals(Object o);
}