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| package org.apache.sling.commons.classloader; |
| |
| import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType; |
| |
| /** |
| * The dynamic class loader manager is a central |
| * service managing all dynamic class loaders. |
| * It provides a class loader that can be used by |
| * bundles requiring access to all publicly available |
| * classes. |
| * |
| * The default implementation uses the package admin |
| * service to load classes and resources. |
| * |
| * Keep in mind, that the class loader might get invalid. |
| * This happens for example, if the class loader loaded |
| * a class from a bundle which has been updated in the |
| * meantime. Or a dynamic class loader provider has changed. |
| * |
| * In these cases, the dynamic class loader manager service |
| * is unregistered and reregistered again, so you should |
| * discard your classloader and invalidate loaded objects |
| * whenever this happens. |
| */ |
| @ProviderType |
| public interface DynamicClassLoaderManager { |
| |
| /** |
| * The dynamic class loader. |
| * @return The dynamic class loader. |
| */ |
| ClassLoader getDynamicClassLoader(); |
| } |