KickJava   Java API By Example, From Geeks To Geeks.

Java > Open Source Codes > org > jboss > classloading > spi > ClassLoadingDomain


1 /*
2  * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
3  * Copyright 2005, JBoss Inc., and individual contributors as indicated
4  * by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a
5  * full listing of individual contributors.
6  *
7  * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
8  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
9  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
10  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11  *
12  * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
16  *
17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18  * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
19  * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
20  * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
21  */

22 package org.jboss.classloading.spi;
23
24 import java.net.URL JavaDoc;
25 import java.util.Enumeration JavaDoc;
26
27 /**
28  * A ClassLoadingDomain holds a number of classloaders.
29  *
30  * @author <a HREF="adrian@jboss.com">Adrian Brock</a>
31  * @version $Revision: 56387 $
32  */

33 public interface ClassLoadingDomain
34 {
35    // Constants -----------------------------------------------------
36

37    // Public --------------------------------------------------------
38

39    /**
40     * Get the parent classloading domain
41     *
42     * @return the parent or null if there isn't one
43     */

44    ClassLoadingDomain getParent();
45    
46    /**
47     * Load a class from this domain
48     *
49     * @param name the class to load
50     * @param resolve whether to resolve the class
51     * @param classLoader the requesting classloader
52     * @return the class
53     * @throws ClassNotFoundException when the class is not found
54     */

55    Class JavaDoc loadClass(String JavaDoc name, boolean resolve, DomainClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException JavaDoc;
56    
57    /**
58     * Get a resource
59     *
60     * @param name the resource name
61     * @param classLoader the requesting classloader
62     * @return the resource or null if not found
63     */

64    URL JavaDoc getResource(String JavaDoc name, DomainClassLoader classLoader);
65
66    Enumeration JavaDoc<URL JavaDoc> findResources(String JavaDoc name);
67
68    Translator getTranslator();
69    // Inner classes -------------------------------------------------
70
}
71
Popular Tags