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017    package org.apache.commons.discovery;
018    
019    /**
020     * SPI Discovery.
021     *
022     * @param <T> The SPI type
023     */
024    public 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    }