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* Copyright (C) 2003-2015 JNode.org
*
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*
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*
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*/
package org.jnode.plugin;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Interface for plugin {@link ClassLoader}s. They should of course also
* inherit from {@link ClassLoader}.
* @author Ewout Prangsma (epr@users.sourceforge.net)
*/
public interface PluginClassLoader {
/**
* Gets the descriptor of the plugin in which this element was declared.
*
* @return The descriptor
*/
PluginDescriptor getDeclaringPluginDescriptor();
/**
* Gets the names of the classes contained in this plugin.
*
* @return the set of contained classnames
*/
Set<String> getClassNames();
/**
* Gets the names of the resources contained in this plugin.
*
* @return the set of contained resources
*/
Collection<String> getResources();
}