/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, and/or the GNU Lesser
* General Public License, version 2.1, also as published by the Free
* Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
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* and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
* if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.core.domain.resource;
/**
* Resource types define special classloading rules needed when their corresponding
* resource components are running in the plugin container. This enum defines
* the different types of classloading rules supported.
*
* John Mazzitelli
*/
public enum ClassLoaderType {
/**
* This is the most common classloader type - it says that the resource type's classloader
* can be shared with its parent. That is to say, the resource's parent resource will supply
* the classloader.
*/
SHARED,
/**
* When each resource instance of a resource type needs its own separate classloader,
* it will specify this classloader type. This is needed if a managed resource potentially
* needs different jars/libraries compared to another managed resource of the same type
* (e.g. different client jars for different versions of the same type of resource).
*/
INSTANCE
}