001    package org.apache.commons.ognl;
002    
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021    
022    import java.util.Map;
023    
024    /**
025     * This interface defines an object that will resolve a class from a string and an ognl context table.
026     * 
027     * @author Luke Blanshard (blanshlu@netscape.net)
028     * @author Drew Davidson (drew@ognl.org)
029     */
030    public interface ClassResolver
031    {
032        Class<?> classForName( String className, Map<String, Object> context )
033            throws ClassNotFoundException;
034    }