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 package org.apache.commons.classscan.spi.model;

 import org.apache.commons.classscan.MetaClassLoader;

 import org.apache.commons.classscan.model.MetaClass;

 import org.apache.commons.classscan.model.MetaType;

 /**

  * Metadata about a ClassLoader. This includes the jars that a ClassLoader loads

  * from and the Classes that are potentially available.

  */

 public interface SpiMetaClassLoader extends MetaClassLoader {

     /**

      * Get metadata representing a type from its byte code signature

      * 

      * @param fieldDescriptor

      *            The field descriptor as defined in section 4.3.2 of The Java

      *            Virtual Machine Specification

      * @return The type metadata

      */

     MetaType resolveTypeForDescriptor(String fieldDescriptor);

         MetaClass resolveMetaClass(String className);

 }