webbeans-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/webbeans/spi/LoaderService.java

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package org.apache.webbeans.spi;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Decouples OpenWebBeans from the Service-Loader approach.
 * It allows to provide custom loaders with custom mechanisms as well as support for Java 1.5
 */
public interface LoaderService
{
    /**
     * Loads all active implementations for the given service-type
     * @param serviceType base type of the services which should be loaded
     * @param <T> current type
     * @return all active implementations for the given service-type
     */
    <T> List<T> load(Class<T> serviceType);

    /**
     * Loads all active implementations for the given service-type
     * @param serviceType base type of the services which should be loaded
     * @param classLoader
     * @param <T> current type
     * @return all active implementations for the given service-type
     */
    <T> List<T> load(Class<T> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader);
}