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+/* ClassLoaderRepository.java -- Represents a collection of class loadersx.
+   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.management.loading;
+
+/**
+ * Implementations of this interface maintain a list of
+ * {@link ClassLoader}s for use by the management servers,
+ * allowing classes to be loaded by the first {@link ClassLoader}
+ * that will do so.  A class loader is added to the list
+ * whenever a {@link ClassLoader} instance is registered with
+ * the management server, and it does not implement the
+ * {@link PrivateClassLoader} interface.  They are removed when
+ * unregistered.  The first class loader in the list is always
+ * the one which was used to load the management server itself.
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.5
+ * @see MBeanServerFactory
+ */
+public interface ClassLoaderRepository
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Attempts to load the given class using class loaders
+   * supplied by the list.  The {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(String)}
+   * method of each class loader is called.  If the method
+   * returns successfully, then the returned {@link Class} instance
+   * is returned.  If a {@link ClassNotFoundException} is thrown,
+   * then the next loader is tried.  Any other exception thrown
+   * by the method is passed back to the caller.  This method
+   * throws a {@link ClassNotFoundException} itself if all the
+   * class loaders listed prove fruitless.
+   *
+   * @param name the name of the class to load.
+   * @return the loaded class.
+   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if all the class loaders fail
+   *                                to load the class.
+   */
+  Class loadClass(String name)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException;
+
+  /**
+   * <p>
+   * Attempts to load the given class using class loaders
+   * supplied by the list, stopping when the specified
+   * loader is reached.  The {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(String)}
+   * method of each class loader is called.  If the method
+   * returns successfully, then the returned {@link Class} instance
+   * is returned.  If a {@link ClassNotFoundException} is thrown,
+   * then the next loader is tried.  Any other exception thrown
+   * by the method is passed back to the caller.  This method
+   * throws a {@link ClassNotFoundException} itself if all the
+   * class loaders listed prove fruitless.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * This method is usually used by the class loader specified
+   * by the <code>stop</code> argument to load classes using the
+   * loaders that appear before it in the list.  By stopping when
+   * the loader is reached, the deadlock that occurs when the loader
+   * is merely skipped is avoided.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param stop the class loader at which to stop, or <code>null</code>
+   *             to obtain the same behaviour as {@link #loadClass(String)}.
+   * @param name the name of the class to load.
+   * @return the loaded class.
+   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if all the class loaders fail
+   *                                to load the class.
+   */
+  Class loadClassBefore(ClassLoader stop, String name)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException;
+
+  /**
+   * <p>
+   * Attempts to load the given class using class loaders
+   * supplied by the list, excluding the one specified.
+   * The {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(String)}
+   * method of each class loader is called.  If the method
+   * returns successfully, then the returned {@link Class} instance
+   * is returned.  If a {@link ClassNotFoundException} is thrown,
+   * then the next loader is tried.  Any other exception thrown
+   * by the method is passed back to the caller.  This method
+   * throws a {@link ClassNotFoundException} itself if all the
+   * class loaders listed prove fruitless.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Note that this method may deadlock if called simultaneously
+   * by two class loaders in the list.
+   * {@link loadClassBefore(ClassLoader, String)} should be used
+   * in preference to this method to avoid this.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param exclude the class loader to exclude, or <code>null</code>
+   *             to obtain the same behaviour as {@link #loadClass(String)}.
+   * @param name the name of the class to load.
+   * @return the loaded class.
+   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if all the class loaders fail
+   *                                to load the class.
+   */
+  Class loadClassWithout(ClassLoader exclude, String name)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException;
+
+}
+