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package org.apache.cayenne.modeler;

/**
 * An interface defining a service for locating external Java resources.
 */
public interface ClassLoadingService {

    /**
     * Returns Java ClassLoader that knows how to load all classes configured for this
     * service.
     */
    ClassLoader getClassLoader();

    /**
     * Returns a class for given class name.
     */
     Class loadClass(Class interfaceType, String className)
            throws ClassNotFoundException;
}