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017package org.apache.bcel.util;
018
019import org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
020
021/**
022 * Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used to load classes from different sources and may be
023 * used in the Repository.setRepository method.
024 *
025 * @see org.apache.bcel.Repository
026 */
027public interface Repository {
028
029    /**
030     * Clears all entries from cache.
031     */
032    void clear();
033
034    /**
035     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, return NULL.
036     */
037    JavaClass findClass(String className);
038
039    /**
040     * Gets the ClassPath associated with this Repository
041     */
042    ClassPath getClassPath();
043
044    /**
045     * Finds the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object
046     */
047    JavaClass loadClass(Class<?> clazz) throws ClassNotFoundException;
048
049    /**
050     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, make an attempt to load it.
051     */
052    JavaClass loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;
053
054    /**
055     * Removes class from repository
056     */
057    void removeClass(JavaClass clazz);
058
059    /**
060     * Stores the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"
061     */
062    void storeClass(JavaClass clazz);
063}