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017
018 package org.apache.commons.proxy.factory.util;
019
020 /**
021 * A proxy class generator generates specific type of proxies (interceptor, invoker, etc.).
022 *
023 * @author James Carman
024 * @since 1.0
025 */
026 public interface ProxyClassGenerator
027 {
028 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
029 // Other Methods
030 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
031
032 /**
033 * Generates a proxy class for the supplied {@link ClassLoader} and proxy classes.
034 * @param classLoader the classloader
035 * @param proxyClasses the proxy classes
036 * @return the dynamically generated proxy class
037 */
038 public Class generateProxyClass( ClassLoader classLoader, Class[] proxyClasses );
039 }
040