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| package org.apache.sling.commons.classloader; |
| |
| /** |
| * A dynamic class loader provider allows to provide |
| * class loaders that will be used by the dynamic |
| * class loading mechanism. For instance a JCR class loader |
| * provider could provide some class loader loading classes |
| * from a content repository etc. |
| * |
| * @deprecated The dynamic class loader provider is not supported |
| * anymore and any service implementing this is not |
| * considered for dynamic class loading anymore! |
| */ |
| @Deprecated |
| public interface DynamicClassLoaderProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the class loader used for dynamic class loading. |
| * The returned class loader should use the provided parent class loader |
| * as one of its parent class loaders. This ensures that the returned |
| * class loader has access to all dynamically loaded classes that |
| * are not part of this class loader. |
| * When the class loader is not needed anymore, it is released by |
| * calling the {@link #release(ClassLoader)} method. |
| * @param parent The parent class loader for this dynamic class loader. |
| * @return The class loader. |
| * @see #release(ClassLoader) |
| */ |
| ClassLoader getClassLoader(ClassLoader parent); |
| |
| /** |
| * Release the provided class loader. |
| * When the class loader is not needed anymore, e.g. when the dynamic class |
| * loader is shutdown, it is released with this method. |
| * The implementation can use this hook to free any allocated resources etc. |
| * @param classLoader The class loader. |
| * @see #getClassLoader(ClassLoader) |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| void release(ClassLoader classLoader); |
| } |