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package org.spongepowered.asm.service;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Interface for marshal object which can retrieve classes from the environment
 */
public interface IClassProvider {

    /**
     * Get the current classpath from the service classloader
     * 
     * @deprecated As of 0.8, use of this method is not a sensible way to access
     *      available containers.  
     */
    @Deprecated
    public abstract URL[] getClassPath();

    /**
     * Find a class in the service classloader
     * 
     * @param name class name
     * @return resultant class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class was not found
     */
    public abstract Class<?> findClass(final String name) throws ClassNotFoundException;
    
    /**
     * Marshal a call to <tt>Class.forName</tt> for a regular class
     * 
     * @param name class name
     * @param initialize init flag
     * @return Klass
     */
    public abstract Class<?> findClass(String name, boolean initialize) throws ClassNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Marshal a call to <tt>Class.forName</tt> for an agent class
     * 
     * @param name agent class name
     * @param initialize init flag
     * @return Klass
     */
    public abstract Class<?> findAgentClass(String name, boolean initialize) throws ClassNotFoundException;

}