package soot.plugins.internal;

/*-
 * #%L
 * Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework
 * %%
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Bernhard J. Berger
 * %%
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the
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 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
 * License along with this program.  If not, see
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 * #L%
 */

/**
 * Interface for different class loading strategies.
 *
 * @author Bernhard J. Berger
 */
public interface ClassLoadingStrategy {

  /**
   * Creates an instance of the given class name.
   *
   * @param className
   *          Name of the class.
   * @return The newly created instance.
   */
  public Object create(final String className) throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException;
}
