001 /* 002 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 package org.apache.commons.clazz; 017 018 /** 019 * A clazz loader factory creates and configures clazz loaders. 020 * 021 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> 022 * @version $Id: ClazzLoaderFactory.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ 023 */ 024 public interface ClazzLoaderFactory { 025 026 /** 027 * Returns the name of the clazz model implemented by this factory. 028 * By convention, it should be a proper identifier, no dots, capitalized. 029 */ 030 String getClazzModel(); 031 032 /** 033 * Allocate, configure and cache a clazz loader that uses the supplied class 034 * loader for reflection. 035 */ 036 ClazzLoader getClazzLoader(ClassLoader contextClassLoader); 037 038 /** 039 * The supplied class should be an implementation of the ClazzLoader 040 * interface. When ClazzLoaderFactory creates a new clazz loader, it will 041 * instantiate all registered implementations and group them together. 042 */ 043 void addClazzLoaderClass(Class clazzLoaderClass); 044 }