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/**
 * COOS - Connected Objects Operating System (www.connectedobjects.org).
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Telenor ASA and Tellu AS. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see .
 *
 * You may also contact one of the following for additional information:
 * Telenor ASA, Snaroyveien 30, N-1331 Fornebu, Norway (www.telenor.no)
 * Tellu AS, Hagalokkveien 13, N-1383 Asker, Norway (www.tellu.no)
 */
package org.coos.messaging;

import org.coos.util.serialize.AFClassLoader;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This interface hides the container implementation from the COOS implementation, i.e. OSGI or standalone J2SE.
 *
 * @author Knut Eilif Husa, Tellu AS
 */
public interface COContainer extends AFClassLoader {

	public static final String BUNDLE_CONTEXT = "BundleContext";
        public static final String CLASS_LOADER = "ClassLoader";

	/**
	 * This method loads the class
	 * 
	 * @param className
	 *            the class name
	 * @return Class the Class
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
	 */
	public Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * Opens a resource input stream
	 * 
	 * @param resourceName
	 *            the resource name
	 * @return InputStream
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public InputStream getResource(String resourceName) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Getter for Objects provided by the Container
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            of the Object
	 * @return the named Object
	 */
	public Object getObject(String name);
	
	public void start() throws Exception;
	
	public void stop() throws Exception;
}