001/*
002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2012 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and contributors.
003 *
004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
005 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
006 * (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
007 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
008 *
009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
012 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
013 *
014 * Contributors:
015 *     bstefanescu, jcarsique
016 */
017package org.nuxeo.osgi.application;
018
019import java.net.URL;
020
021/**
022 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
023 * @since 5.4.2
024 */
025public interface MutableClassLoader {
026
027    void addURL(URL url);
028
029    ClassLoader getClassLoader();
030
031    /**
032     * @param startupClass The binary name of the class
033     * @return The resulting Class object
034     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class was not found
035     */
036    Class<?> loadClass(String startupClass) throws ClassNotFoundException;
037
038}