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017package org.apache.commons.discovery;
018
019/**
020 * SPI Discovery.
021 *
022 * @param <T> The SPI type
023 */
024public interface ResourceClassDiscover<T> extends ResourceDiscover {
025
026    /**
027     * Locate class resources that are bound to {@code className}.
028     *
029     * @param className The class name has to be located
030     * @return The iterator over the located classes
031     */
032    ResourceClassIterator<T> findResourceClasses(String className);
033
034    /**
035     * Locate class resources that are bound to {@code resourceNames}.
036     *
037     * @param classNames The classes name has to be located
038     * @return The iterator over the located classes
039     */
040    ResourceClassIterator<T> findResourceClasses(ResourceNameIterator classNames);
041
042}