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package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.util;

import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.JavaClass;

/**

 * Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used to load

 * classes from different sources and may be used in the

 * Repository.setRepository method.

 *

 * @see com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Repository

 * @version $Id: Repository.java 1747278 2016-06-07 17:28:43Z britter $

 */

public interface Repository {

    /**

     * Store the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"

     */

    void storeClass(JavaClass clazz);

    /**

     * Remove class from repository

     */

    void removeClass(JavaClass clazz);

    /**

     * Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, return

     * NULL.

     */

    JavaClass findClass(String className);

    /**

     * Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, make an

     * attempt to load it.

     */

    JavaClass loadClass(String className) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;

    /**

     * Find the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object

     */

    JavaClass loadClass(Class<?> clazz) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;

    /**

     * Clear all entries from cache.

     */

    void clear();

}