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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.util;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Abstraction for loading resources (streams, files, and classes).
 */
public interface ResourceLoader {

  /**
   * Opens a named resource
   */
  public InputStream openResource(String resource) throws IOException;
  
  
  /**
   * Finds class of the name and expected type
   */
  public <T> Class<? extends T> findClass(String cname, Class<T> expectedType);
  
  /**
   * Creates an instance of the name and expected type
   */
  // TODO: fix exception handling
  public <T> T newInstance(String cname, Class<T> expectedType);
}