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