ExtendableClassLoader.java

/**
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2014, the Railo Company Ltd. All rights reserved.
 *
 * 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library 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.
 * 
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 * 
 **/
package lucee.commons.lang;

import java.lang.instrument.UnmodifiableClassException;

public abstract class ExtendableClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
	
	public ExtendableClassLoader() {
		super();
	}

	public ExtendableClassLoader(ClassLoader parent) {
		super(parent);
	}

	/**
	 * allow to define a new Class with help of the bytecode passed to the method
	 * @param name
	 * @param barr
	 * @return
	 * @throws UnmodifiableClassException 
	 */
	public abstract Class<?> loadClass(String name, byte[] barr) throws UnmodifiableClassException;
}