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package org.springframework.osgi.context.support;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;

/**
 * Strategy interface for plugging various thread context class loaders during
 * an OSGi application context critical life cycle events.
 * 
 * @see Thread#getContextClassLoader()
 * @see AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext
 * @see ResourceLoader#getClassLoader()
 * @see BeanClassLoaderAware
 * @see ApplicationContextAware
 * 
 * @author Costin Leau
 */
public interface ContextClassLoaderProvider {

	/**
	 * Returns the context class loader to be used by the OSGi application
	 * context during its life cycle events.
	 * 
	 * @return class loader used as a thread context class loader
	 */
	ClassLoader getContextClassLoader();
}