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018package org.apache.bcel.util;
019
020import org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
021
022/**
023 * Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used
024 * to load classes from different sources and may be used in the
025 * Repository.setRepository method.
026 *
027 * @see org.apache.bcel.Repository
028 * @version $Id: Repository.java 1747278 2016-06-07 17:28:43Z britter $
029 */
030public interface Repository {
031
032    /**
033     * Store the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()" 
034     */
035    void storeClass( JavaClass clazz );
036
037
038    /**
039     * Remove class from repository
040     */
041    void removeClass( JavaClass clazz );
042
043
044    /**
045     * Find the class with the name provided, if the class
046     * isn't there, return NULL.
047     */
048    JavaClass findClass( String className );
049
050
051    /**
052     * Find the class with the name provided, if the class
053     * isn't there, make an attempt to load it.
054     */
055    JavaClass loadClass( String className ) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;
056
057
058    /**
059     * Find the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object
060     */
061    JavaClass loadClass( Class<?> clazz ) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;
062
063
064    /** Clear all entries from cache.
065     */
066    void clear();
067
068
069    /** Get the ClassPath associated with this Repository
070     */
071    ClassPath getClassPath();
072}