ClassFinder.java

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package org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.databinding;

import java.util.ArrayList;
/*
 * ClassFinder will be used to find classes within a given package. The given 
 * package can be found in a Directory or in a jar file. ClassFinder will use the 
 * ClassLoader to get the classes from the jar files. 
 */

public interface ClassFinder {


    /**
     * This method reads all the classes from given package in a jar file. It uses ClassLoader to find
     * the given package in a jar file that is located in classpath.
     *
     * @param pkg
     * @param cl
     * @return
     */
    ArrayList<Class> getClassesFromJarFile(String pkg, ClassLoader cl)
            throws ClassNotFoundException;
    
    /**
     * This method will be used to add addition paths to existing classpath.
     * We may need to add classpath to search for jax-ws wrapper classes that
     * applicaiton developer did not package. 
     * @param filePath: path of the location where wrapper classes may be stored.
     * example a cache folder.
     * @param cl
     */
    public void updateClassPath(String filePath, ClassLoader cl) throws Exception;
}