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/*
* @(#)IUrlClassLoader.java 1.0.0 11/17/2000 - 11:38:45
*
* Copyright (C) 2000,2002-2003 Matt Albrecht
* groboclown@users.sourceforge.net
* http://groboutils.sourceforge.net
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
* THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package net.sourceforge.groboutils.util.classes.v1;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;
/**
* An interface for loading a specific class from a given URL (which is
* probably a Jar file). Classes returned shouldn't be cached.
*
* @author Matt Albrecht <a href="mailto:groboclown@users.sourceforge.net">groboclown@users.sourceforge.net</a>
* @version $Date: 2003/02/10 22:52:36 $
* @since November 17, 2000 (GroboUtils Alpha 0.9.0)
*/
public interface IUrlClassLoader
{
//----------------------------
// Public data
//----------------------------
// Public abstract methods
/**
* Load the given class from the given URL. If the URL is <tt>null</tt>,
* then it is up to the classloader to figure out where to load it from.
* This should, in general, load the class from the default class loader.
*
* @param className the exact class name to load.
* @param url the URL from which the class is loaded. If this is
* <tt>null</tt>, then the returned class is implementation specific.
* @return the loaded Class instance, or <tt>null</tt> if the class could
* not be found.
*/
public Class loadClass( String className, String url );
/**
* Call to flush any cache stored in the interface. This allows for
* a class loader to cache results, and free up memory when it is
* not needed.
*/
public void flush();
}
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