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  package org.apache.cayenne.di;
  
  /**
   * Maps ClassLoaders to resources. This is a useful abstraction when switching
   * between environments. E.g. between JEE with thread/hierarchical classloaders
   * and OSGi with per-bundle classloaders.
   * 
   * @since 4.0
   */
  public interface ClassLoaderManager {
  
      /**
       * Returns a ClassLoader appropriate for loading a given resource. Resource
       * path should be compatible with Class.getResource(..) and such, i.e. the
       * path component separator should be slash, not dot.
       */
      ClassLoader getClassLoader(String resourceName);
  }
  