ClassLoaderProvider


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19  
20  package org.netbeans.mdr.handlers;
21  
22  /**
23   * @author Martin Matula
24   */
25  public interface ClassLoaderProvider {
26      /** Implementation of this method should return a classloader that MDR will use
27       * for resolving JMI interfaces/classes and classes that implement derived
28       * attributes and operations.
29       * @return classloader
30       */
31      public ClassLoader   getClassLoader();
32  
33      /** Implementation of this method can define a given class.
34       * The defined class should be then visible from the ClassLoader returned
35       * from {@link #getClassLoader} method.
36       * @param className name of the class to define.
37       * @param classFile array of bytes representing the class.
38       * @return Defined class or null (if null is return, MDR will define the
39       * class in its own classloader. This class will then not be accessible from outside
40       * of MDR
41       * @throws ClassFormatError
42       */
43      public Class   defineClass(String   className, byte[] classFile);
44  }
45
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