MutableClassLoader.java

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package org.nuxeo.osgi.application;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
 * @since 5.4.2
 */
public interface MutableClassLoader {

    void addURL(URL url);

    ClassLoader getClassLoader();

    /**
     * @param startupClass The binary name of the class
     * @return The resulting Class object
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class was not found
     */
    Class<?> loadClass(String startupClass) throws ClassNotFoundException;

}