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package org.jboss.weld.resources.spi;
import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.BootstrapService;
/**
* An optional service that provides fast access to Java class metadata without the need to load the given class.
*
* An integrator may use this service to expose its bytecode scanning facility. If a service implementation is present, Weld uses it to optimize the bootstrap
* process. The ClassFileServices implementation is used to determine whether a given Java class fulfills CDI bean requirements instead of loading the class
* using a {@link ClassLoader} and examining the result using Java reflection.
*
* @author Jozef Hartinger
*
*/
public interface ClassFileServices extends BootstrapService {
/**
* Obtains Java class metadata for a class identified with the specified class name.
*
* @param className
* @return the class metadata
* @throws ClassFileInfoException if the service implementation is not able to obtain metadata of a class with the specified name
*/
ClassFileInfo getClassFileInfo(String className);
}