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    018package org.apache.bcel.util;
    019
    020import org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
    021
    022/**
    023 * Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used
    024 * to load classes from different sources and may be used in the
    025 * Repository.setRepository method.
    026 *
    027 * @see org.apache.bcel.Repository
    028 * @version $Id$
    029 */
    030public interface Repository {
    031
    032    /**
    033     * Stores the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"
    034     */
    035    void storeClass( JavaClass clazz );
    036
    037
    038    /**
    039     * Removes class from repository
    040     */
    041    void removeClass( JavaClass clazz );
    042
    043
    044    /**
    045     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class
    046     * isn't there, return NULL.
    047     */
    048    JavaClass findClass( String className );
    049
    050
    051    /**
    052     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class
    053     * isn't there, make an attempt to load it.
    054     */
    055    JavaClass loadClass( String className ) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;
    056
    057
    058    /**
    059     * Finds the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object
    060     */
    061    JavaClass loadClass( Class<?> clazz ) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;
    062
    063
    064    /**
    065     * Clears all entries from cache.
    066     */
    067    void clear();
    068
    069
    070    /**
    071     * Gets the ClassPath associated with this Repository
    072     */
    073    ClassPath getClassPath();
    074}