code: /* LanguageTool, a natural language style checker
   * Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Naber (http://www.danielnaber.de)
   *
   * This library 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 License, or (at your option) any later version.
   *
   * This library 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
   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
   * USA
   */
  package org.languagetool.broker;
  
  import org.languagetool.JLanguageTool;
  
  /**
   * Is responsible for loading the necessary classes for LanguageTool
   * library. It is necessary to provide the ability to load classes from
   * custom classloaders.
   * <p>
   *
   * Make sure that you never obtain any LanguageTool class by calling
   * {@code Class.forName(String)} directly. If you would like to
   * load class do always use {@link JLanguageTool#getClassBroker()}
   * which provides proper method for loading classes.
   *
   * @since 5.0
   */
  public interface ClassBroker {
      /**
       * Returns the {@code Class} object associated with the class or
       * interface with the given string name.
       *
       * @param     qualifiedName the fully qualified name of the desired class.
       * @return    the {@code Class} object for the class with the specified name.
       * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be located
       */
      Class<?> forName(String qualifiedName) throws ClassNotFoundException;
  }
  