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1 /*
2  * All content copyright (c) 2003-2006 Terracotta, Inc., except as may otherwise be noted in a separate copyright notice. All rights reserved.
3  */
4 package com.tc.aspectwerkz.hook;
5
6 /**
7  * Implement to be a class PreProcessor in the AspectWerkz univeral loading architecture. <p/>A single instance of the
8  * class implementing this interface is build during the java.lang.ClassLoader initialization or just before the first
9  * class loads, bootclasspath excepted. Thus there is a single instance the of ClassPreProcessor per JVM. <br/>Use the
10  * <code>-Daspectwerkz.classloader.preprocessor</code> option to specify which class preprocessor to use.
11  *
12  * @author <a HREF="mailto:alex@gnilux.com">Alexandre Vasseur </a>
13  * @see com.tc.aspectwerkz.hook.ProcessStarter
14  */
15 public interface ClassPreProcessor {
16
17   public abstract void initialize();
18
19   public abstract byte[] preProcess(String JavaDoc klass, byte[] abyte, ClassLoader JavaDoc caller);
20 }
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