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- /*
- * @(#)LoaderHandler.java 1.7 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1996, 1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.rmi.server;
-
- import java.net.MalformedURLException;
- import java.net.URL;
-
- public interface LoaderHandler {
- /**
- * Find loader handler package prefix: assumes that the implementation of
- * the LoaderHandler class is located in the package defined by the
- * prefix.
- */
- final static String packagePrefix = "sun.rmi.server";
-
- /**
- * Load class using java.rmi.server.codebase property.
- *
- * @exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException if the class could not be
- * found.
- * @exception java.net.MalformedURLException if the URL is malformed.
- */
- Class loadClass(String name)
- throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;
-
- /**
- * Load class from codebase URL specified.
- *
- * @exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException if the class could not be
- * found.
- * @exception java.net.MalformedURLException if the URL is malformed.
- */
- Class loadClass(URL codebase, String name)
- throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;
-
- /**
- * Returns the security context of the given class loader
- * (e.g., a URL)
- */
- Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader);
-
- }
-