IApplicationLoader.java

/*
 * RED5 Open Source Flash Server - http://code.google.com/p/red5/
 * 
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package org.red5.server.api;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

/**
 * Interface for servers that can load new applications.
 * 
 * @author The Red5 Project (red5@osflash.org)
 * @author Joachim Bauch (jojo@struktur.de)
 */
public interface IApplicationLoader {

	/**
	 * Load a new application for the given context path from a directory.
	 * 
	 * @param contextPath context path
	 * @param virtualHosts virtual hosts
	 * @param directory directory
	 * @throws Exception for fun
	 */
	public void loadApplication(String contextPath, String virtualHosts, String directory) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Return the root {@link ApplicationContext}.
	 * 
	 * @return application context
	 */
	public ApplicationContext getRootContext();
}