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package org.sapia.clazzy;

import org.sapia.clazzy.loader.Loader;

/**
 * An implementation of this interface is used to determine if given classes
 * or resources correspond to given Loaders.
 * 
 * @see org.sapia.clazzy.CompositeClassLoader
 * 
 * @author Yanick Duchesne
 * 
 * 
 * Copyright: 
 * 
Copyright © 2002-2004 Sapia Open
 * Source Software . All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * License: 
 * 
Read the license.txt file of the jar or visit the license page  at the Sapia
 * OSS web site
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface LoaderSelector {

  /**
   * @param className the name of a class.
   * @param loader a Loader.
   * @return true if the given Loader is in charge
   * of providing the bytes of the class corresponding to the given class name.
   */
  public boolean acceptsClass(String className, Loader loader);

  /**
   * @param resourceName the name of a resource.
   * @param loader a Loader.
   * @return true if the given Loader is in charge
   * of providing the bytes of the resource corresponding to the given resource name.
   */  
  public boolean acceptsResource(String resourceName, Loader loader);

}