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package javax.management;

import javax.management.loading.ClassLoaderRepository;

/**

 * <p>Keeps the list of Class Loaders registered in the MBean Server.

 * It provides the necessary methods to load classes using the registered

 * Class Loaders.</p>

 *

 * <p>This deprecated class is maintained for compatibility.  In

 * previous versions of the JMX API, there was one

 * <code>DefaultLoaderRepository</code> shared by all MBean servers.

 * As of version 1.2 of the JMX API, that functionality is

 * approximated by using {@link MBeanServerFactory#findMBeanServer} to

 * find all known MBean servers, and consulting the {@link

 * ClassLoaderRepository} of each one.  It is strongly recommended

 * that code referencing <code>DefaultLoaderRepository</code> be

 * rewritten.</p>

 *

 * @deprecated Use

 * {@link javax.management.MBeanServer#getClassLoaderRepository()}

 * instead.

 *

 * @since 1.5

 */

@Deprecated

public class DefaultLoaderRepository {

    /**

     * Go through the list of class loaders and try to load the requested class.

     * The method will stop as soon as the class is found. If the class

     * is not found the method will throw a <CODE>ClassNotFoundException</CODE>

     * exception.

     *

     * @param className The name of the class to be loaded.

     *

     * @return the loaded class.

     *

     * @exception ClassNotFoundException The specified class could not be found.

     */

    public static Class<?> loadClass(String className)

        throws ClassNotFoundException {

        return javax.management.loading.DefaultLoaderRepository.loadClass(className);

    }

    /**

     * Go through the list of class loaders but exclude the given class loader, then try to load

     * the requested class.

     * The method will stop as soon as the class is found. If the class

     * is not found the method will throw a <CODE>ClassNotFoundException</CODE>

     * exception.

     *

     * @param className The name of the class to be loaded.

     * @param loader The class loader to be excluded.

     *

     * @return the loaded class.

     *

     * @exception ClassNotFoundException The specified class could not be found.

     */

    public static Class<?> loadClassWithout(ClassLoader loader,String className)

        throws ClassNotFoundException {

        return javax.management.loading.DefaultLoaderRepository.loadClassWithout(loader, className);

    }

 }