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package org.apache.commons.discovery;

/**
 * SPI Discovery.
 *
 * @param <T> The SPI type
 */
public interface ResourceClassDiscover<T> extends ResourceDiscover {

    /**
     * Locate class resources that are bound to {@code className}.
     *
     * @param className The class name has to be located
     * @return The iterator over the located classes
     */
    ResourceClassIterator<T> findResourceClasses(String className);

    /**
     * Locate class resources that are bound to {@code resourceNames}.
     *
     * @param classNames The classes name has to be located
     * @return The iterator over the located classes
     */
    ResourceClassIterator<T> findResourceClasses(ResourceNameIterator classNames);

}