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package org.spongepowered.asm.service;

/**
 * Registry for synthetic classes, used internally to track which classes need
 * to be generated at runtime by the mixin pipeline.
 */
public interface ISyntheticClassRegistry {

    /**
     * Look up a registered synthetic class. Returns either information about
     * the synthetic class, or <tt>null</tt> if no class with the specified name
     * is registered.
     * 
     * @param name Class name to look up
     * @return Returns information about the named synthetic class or
     *      <tt>null</tt> if no synthetic class is found matching the specified
     *      name
     */
    public abstract ISyntheticClassInfo findSyntheticClass(String name);

}