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package java.rmi.server;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URL;

/**

 * <code>LoaderHandler</code> is an interface used internally by the RMI

 * runtime in previous implementation versions.  It should never be accessed

 * by application code.

 *

 * @author  Ann Wollrath

 * @since   JDK1.1

 *

 * @deprecated no replacement

 */

@Deprecated

public interface LoaderHandler {

    /** package of system <code>LoaderHandler</code> implementation. */

    final static String packagePrefix = "sun.rmi.server";

    /**

     * Loads a class from the location specified by the

     * <code>java.rmi.server.codebase</code> property.

     *

     * @param  name the name of the class to load

     * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class

     * @exception MalformedURLException

     *            if the system property <b>java.rmi.server.codebase</b>

     *            contains an invalid URL

     * @exception ClassNotFoundException

     *            if a definition for the class could not

     *            be found at the codebase location.

     * @since JDK1.1

     * @deprecated no replacement

     */

    @Deprecated

    Class<?> loadClass(String name)

        throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;

    /**

     * Loads a class from a URL.

     *

     * @param codebase  the URL from which to load the class

     * @param name      the name of the class to load

     * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class

     * @exception MalformedURLException

     *            if the <code>codebase</code> paramater

     *            contains an invalid URL

     * @exception ClassNotFoundException

     *            if a definition for the class could not

     *            be found at the specified URL

     * @since JDK1.1

     * @deprecated no replacement

     */

    @Deprecated

    Class<?> loadClass(URL codebase, String name)

        throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;

    /**

     * Returns the security context of the given class loader.

     *

     * @param loader  a class loader from which to get the security context

     * @return the security context

     * @since JDK1.1

     * @deprecated no replacement

     */

    @Deprecated

    Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader);

}