001    /*
002     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
003     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
004     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
005     *
006     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
007     *
008     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
009     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
010     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
011     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
012     * limitations under the License.
013     */
014    package org.apache.commons.classscan.spi.model;
015    
016    import java.io.IOException;
017    import java.io.InputStream;
018    
019    import org.apache.commons.classscan.MetaClassPathElement;
020    
021    /**
022     * Digest class bytes.  
023     */
024    public interface SpiClassDigester {
025            /**
026             * Create class meta data from the byte stream
027             * 
028             * @param location The location of the class bytes
029             * @param className The expected name of the class
030             * @param byteStream The stream of bytes 
031             * @return Information about the class
032             * @throws IOException 
033             */
034            SpiMetaClass createMetaClass(MetaClassPathElement location, String className, InputStream byteStream) throws IOException;
035    }