InternalAopClassLoaderFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.context.support.internal.classloader;



/**
 * Internal contract for creating standard AOP class loaders. Implementations
 * can differ by using caching or returning new objects on each call.
 * 
 * <p/> Implementations <b>must</b> be thread-safe since the proxy generation
 * can occur at any time.
 * 
 * @author Costin Leau
 */
interface InternalAopClassLoaderFactory {

	/**
	 * Return the AOP class loader for the given bundle.
	 * 
	 * @param classLoader OSGi bundle
	 * @return AOP class loader for it
	 */
	ChainedClassLoader createClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader);
}