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package com.baidu.bjf.remoting.protobuf.utils.compiler;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Compiler.
 * 
 * @author xiemalin
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface Compiler {

    /**
     * do compile java source.
     * 
     * @param code Java source code
     * @param classLoader current classloader
     * @param os target output compiled byte code
     * @param timestamp time stamp of class file
     * @return Compiled class
     */
    Class<?> compile(String className, String code, ClassLoader classLoader, OutputStream os, long timestamp);

    
    /**
     * do load java byte code by class name
     * 
     * @param className full class name
     * @return byte code as byte array 
     */
    byte[] loadBytes(String className);
}