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package athenz.shade.zts.athenz.shade.zts.org.glassfish.hk2.api;

/**
 * This class is responsible for loading classes, and different
 * implementations can be used for different descriptors.
 * 
 * @author jwells
 *
 */
public interface HK2Loader {
    /**
     * Loads a class given the class name to instantiate
     * 
     * @param className The descriptor to convert into an ActiveDescriptor
     * @return The class to be loaded.  May not return null
     * @throws MultiException If this loader had some problem loading the class
     */
    public Class loadClass(String className) throws MultiException;

}