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Utility classes and methods developed for Brooklyn but not dependendent on Brooklyn or much else
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package org.apache.brooklyn.util.javalang;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.apache.brooklyn.util.guava.Maybe;
/**
* Provides functionality for loading classes based on the current context
* (e.g. the bundles of a registered type from which an entity is created)
*/
public interface ClassLoadingContext {
public Class loadClass(String className);
public Class loadClass(String className, @Nullable Class supertype);
public Maybe> tryLoadClass(String className);
public Maybe> tryLoadClass(String className, @Nullable Class supertype);
/** As {@link ClassLoader#getResource(String)} */
public URL getResource(String name);
/**
* As {@link ClassLoader#getResources(String)} but returning an {@link Iterable} rather than
* an {@link java.util.Enumeration}.
*/
public Iterable getResources(String name);
}