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package org.jowidgets.classloading.api;

public interface ISharedClassLoader {

    /**
     * Adds a class loader to the shared class loader
     * 
     * @param classLoader The class loader to add
     */
    void addClassLoader(IClassLoader classLoader);

    /**
     * Removes a class loader from the shared class loader
     * 
     * @param classLoader The class loader to remove
     */
    void removeClassLoader(IClassLoader classLoader);

    /**
     * Gets the composite class loader that uses all registered class loaders to resolve
     * the class to load.
     * The shared class loader always uses the SystemClassLoader and the ThreadContextLocalClassLoader
     * as default (e.g. if no classloader was added)
     * 
     * @return The composite class loader
     */
    ClassLoader getCompositeClassLoader();

}