1 package org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy;
2
3 /*
4 * Copyright 2001-2006 Codehaus Foundation.
5 *
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16 * limitations under the License.
17 */
18
19 import java.io.IOException;
20 import java.net.URL;
21 import java.util.Enumeration;
22
23 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm;
24
25 /**
26 * A strategy is a class for defining how classes and resources are located
27 * in classworlds.
28 *
29 * @uthor: Andrew Williams
30 * @since: Nov 19, 2006
31 */
32 public interface Strategy
33 {
34
35 Class<?> loadClass( String name )
36 throws ClassNotFoundException;
37
38 URL getResource( String name );
39
40 Enumeration<URL> getResources( String name )
41 throws IOException;
42
43 ClassRealm getRealm();
44
45 }