1 package org.apache.commons.beanutils2;
2
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21
22 /**
23 * Allows to specify a {@link ClassLoader} for loading a class by name.
24 */
25 public interface ClassLoaderBuilder
26 {
27
28 /**
29 * Use the class loader of the currently executing thread for loading the class. In other words use the class loader
30 * returned by {@code Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()}.
31 *
32 * @return a {@link ClassAccessor} wrapping the loaded class.
33 * @throws BeanClassNotFoundException no class with the given could be found.
34 */
35 ClassAccessor<?> loadWithThreadContextClassLoader();
36
37 /**
38 * Use the class loader that loaded {@code org.apache.commons.beanutils2.BeanUtils2} to load the class.
39 *
40 * @return a {@link ClassAccessor} wrapping the loaded class.
41 * @throws BeanClassNotFoundException no class with the given could be found.
42 */
43 ClassAccessor<?> loadWithBeanUtilsClassLoader();
44
45 /**
46 * Use a custom {@link ClassLoader} for loading the class.
47 *
48 * @param classLoader the {@link ClassLoader} to load the class. Must not be {@code null}!
49 * @return a {@link ClassAccessor} wrapping the loaded class.
50 * @throws BeanClassNotFoundException no class with the given could be found.
51 */
52 ClassAccessor<?> loadWith( ClassLoader classLoader );
53
54 }