ApplicationContext.java

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package org.glassfish.api.deployment;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Useful services for application loading implementation
 *
 */
public interface ApplicationContext {
    
    /**
     * Returns the class loader associated with the application.
     * ClassLoader instances are usually obtained by the getClassLoader API on
     * the associated ArchiveHandler for the archive type being deployed.
     *
     * This can return null and the container should allocate a ClassLoader
     * while loading the application.
     *
     * @link {org.jvnet.glassfish.api.deployment.archive.ArchiveHandler.getClassLoader()}
     *
     * @return a class loader capable of loading classes and resources from the
     * source
     */
    public ClassLoader getClassLoader();

    /**
     * Returns the application level properties that will be persisted as a
     * key value pair at then end of deployment. That allows individual
     * Deployers implementation to store some information at the
     * application level that should be available upon server restart.
     * Application level propertries are shared by all the modules.
     *
     * @return the application's properties.
     */
    public Properties getAppProps();

    /**
     * Returns the module level properties that will be persisted as a
     * key value pair at then end of deployment. That allows individual
     * Deployers implementation to store some information at the module
     * level that should be available upon server restart.
     * Module level properties are only visible to the current module.
     * @return the module's properties.
     */
    public Properties getModuleProps();
}