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  * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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 package org.apache.commons.clazz;

 /**

  * A clazz loader factory creates and configures clazz loaders.

  * 

  * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>

  * @version $Id: ClazzLoaderFactory.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $

  */

 public interface ClazzLoaderFactory {

     /**

      * Returns the name of the clazz model implemented by this factory.

      * By convention, it should be a proper identifier, no dots, capitalized.

      */

     String getClazzModel();

     /**

      * Allocate, configure and cache a clazz loader that uses the supplied class

      * loader for reflection.

      */

     ClazzLoader getClazzLoader(ClassLoader contextClassLoader);

     /**

      * The supplied class should be an implementation of the ClazzLoader

      * interface.  When ClazzLoaderFactory creates a new clazz loader, it will

      * instantiate all registered implementations and group them together.

      */

     void addClazzLoaderClass(Class clazzLoaderClass);

 }