1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.commons.clazz; 17 18 /** 19 * A clazz loader factory creates and configures clazz loaders. 20 * 21 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> 22 * @version $Id: ClazzLoaderFactory.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ 23 */ 24 public interface ClazzLoaderFactory { 25 26 /** 27 * Returns the name of the clazz model implemented by this factory. 28 * By convention, it should be a proper identifier, no dots, capitalized. 29 */ 30 String getClazzModel(); 31 32 /** 33 * Allocate, configure and cache a clazz loader that uses the supplied class 34 * loader for reflection. 35 */ 36 ClazzLoader getClazzLoader(ClassLoader contextClassLoader); 37 38 /** 39 * The supplied class should be an implementation of the ClazzLoader 40 * interface. When ClazzLoaderFactory creates a new clazz loader, it will 41 * instantiate all registered implementations and group them together. 42 */ 43 void addClazzLoaderClass(Class clazzLoaderClass); 44 }