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package org.apache.catalina.loader;
/**
* Internal interface that <code>ClassLoader</code> implementations may
* optionally implement to support the auto-reload functionality of
* the classloader associated with the context.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
* @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2007/05/05 05:32:08 $
*/
public interface Reloader {
/**
* Add a new repository to the set of places this ClassLoader can look for
* classes to be loaded.
*
* @param repository Name of a source of classes to be loaded, such as a
* directory pathname, a JAR file pathname, or a ZIP file pathname
*
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified repository is
* invalid or does not exist
*/
public void addRepository(String repository);
/**
* Return a String array of the current repositories for this class
* loader. If there are no repositories, a zero-length array is
* returned.
*/
public String[] findRepositories();
/**
* Have one or more classes or resources been modified so that a reload
* is appropriate?
*/
public boolean modified();
}
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